Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Slow down and enjoy life


"Slow down and enjoy life.
It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast-
you also miss the sense of where you are going and why." --Eddie Cantor
What a great philosophical thought to start. In our busy lives we forget that spending free time with each of the things we do. Always hurried, aim to do more and more things, cover more and more distances.
I am realizing how important it is: whether it is stopping and spending some time while going along the ghat roads with beautiful scenery, or spending some time calmly with yourself trying to absorb and feel what you have accomplished today, this week, month, year or till this point in life or forgetting about every thing else and being with yourself, with your family, with your friends and being in the present and enjoying things around you to the fullest extent. There must be some do-nothing periods in life, there must be periods of boredom where you will be forced to look at things which you do not otherwise look at.
Let me slow down and enjoy life ...

1 comment:

Aruna said...

Pretty much enjoyed reading this post.. I feel Blogging is in itself an activity that directly or indirectly helps us to slow down and enjoy life..

I just came across a similar article in today's 'The Hindu' (Metroplus).. It deals with the need for some time to stop and 'THINK'..

Here goes the article..
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