A good friend suggested that I do a funny part of the post and a serious part of the post. This one is all serious. Because its Monday. And its hard to find the humor in Mondays.
Ask yourself the question "what is my purpose in life?" and you'll have to sit down and think about it for at least five minutes. But do you have five minutes of uninterrupted think time? Slow time so to say? Life moves by fast enough, if one takes the time to sit down and think every week, it goes much slower and I feel like you get more out of it.
My theory is that everyone should be forced to sit down and think about this question every year for at least an hour. Maybe it should be a form of taxes paid. Or maybe it should be a holiday from work! People in the ghetto are rarely asked this question. They are asked "theres a drug dealer on this corner, and a pimp on this one, which you gonna work for fool." What kind of future is that? Given no possibilities or time to think, people just do what comes naturally, or what is expected.
Maybe the world will adapt. There is a "slow food" movement already going across the country (think foodies and farmers markets). The reason slow food is catching on is because we can not possibly sustain ourselves with what we eat now. We need to start supporting local farmers and making our own food from scratch and building "victory gardens" etc. Maybe the "slow life" movement will catch on soon too, so that we can all live a full, slower, maybe better life. Just sit down and think about it. If you don't agree, fine, but at least you had 5 minutes of uninterrupted thinking time.
Here is an article about texting and how it will affect us in the future, if you'd like to read.
And also a new blog I found that will soon reside in the links portion...http://www.2birds1blog.com/
Update: go back in the archives to the first couple...idk how the newer stuff is!!
So! amen. I am slow. Gotta respect the slow. Slow-minded... perhaps that too. Either way, I take my time. Don't wanna fuck up, don't wanna miss out, don't wanna trip. Take your time? If time is the only parameter (and it usually is... time and money. and time is money... so basically time is it.), then you need to make the most of it. Every second counts, so why not use em all? Chill out. That's all. Chillin' out definitely includes reflection and thought and deliberate action. Not just reclining (though it does mean this too!)
ReplyDeleteThinking is all we have, and it might possibly be our civic duty! Consider and reconsider and you will be happier. Even if you have no happy thoughts, thinking about sadness, about poverty, about hunger will inevitably get people to think about solutions... about joy, comfort, and fullness.
Thinkin's tough, a wise man once told me. And yes it is when it is done right. but it's worth it.
hmm, i love you. and michelle [you are so not slow-minded b-t-dubbs]. and i'm definitely enjoying the new blog recc- YAY for new distractions!
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