Jul 20 2009
What’s The Rush?
Last week an old employee of the gallery came back to work full time. He recently graduated from college.Being twice his age, I have been unable to stop my self in drawing comparisons. Not so much between he and I, but more along the lines of where my life was when I was that age.The one huge difference is that this young man, and his friends, always seem to be in a hurry, about everything. I was very seldom in a hurry after I graduated from college. I had little idea of where I even wanted to go, let alone being in a rush to get there. There was much to see and explore. I didn’t want to miss anything by rushing past.The flood of technologies adds to the furor of or fast past lives today. Our lives are lived at cyber speed. Personally I find that a bit scary. Many times in life, I have found that taking a few minutes to think about a note your writing, or what you’re about to say or do, makes all the difference.With things like email, blogs, twitter, and Facebook, we can get things out to the universe in nano seconds. No time for thought. No taking it back after you hit send.I would love to see a five minute delay between the time I hit enter and the time things get published or sent. Just in case.I told you that story to tell you this story.When I’m on my way, almost anywhere, I have become a bit of a doddler. (One who doddles) I like to take a bit more time, slow down and smell a few roses or pretty girls. Laguna is full of pretty people and sites. If you rush past, you miss them.The young man that just started was telling me he drives as fast as he can through Laguna, to get out of the congestion and get where he’s going. Even when he’s not going anywhere.He seems way to young to be in such a hurry that he’s missing all of the roses and pretty girls. To each, his own.Anywho…next time you’re driving through Laguna and you get behind some guy going slow and admiring the scenery, try to cut them some slack. It’ could be me, breathing deeply.
