Hurry-Up!

There's a song by the group "Alabama" that starts out:

I'm in a hurry to get things done,
I rush and rush until life's no fun,
All I really gotta do is live and die,
But I'm in a hurry and don't know why..."

I'm no philosophical guru (not technically) but that song seems to accurately describe the daily life of many people.  I'm often times in a hurry and have to stop and ask myself, "Why the snot am I in such a hurry!"

The reason my old friends in the above picture enjoy our annual get-together at our cabin is largely due to the opportunity to slow down for a couple of days and tune out the busier parts of their lives.  Busy, busy, busy....Why so stinking busy!

If this sounds like you, consider pondering why you put so much pressure on yourself to move through life at breakneck speed.  The old saying "Stop and smell the roses" is good council.  Most of the best things in life cost little or no money.  Views and moments like those in these pictures are all around us.  But if we go through life at 120 miles per hour, we're likely to miss most of them.