Speeding to the Red Light

 

Simon and Garfunkel said it very well in their 69^th street song “Slow down you move to fast …”  

Have you ever seen the drivers who race to the red light? The light is obviously red and can be seen from quite a way back, however some drivers still seem to speed right up to the light and then come to a sudden stop. They are not getting anywhere any faster, yet they continue to speed to the red light.

Many people “speed up to the red light” in the ways they live their life, going as fast as they can, even though the end of this human life is inevitable. In doing so, some people live very hard and put their fragile human form through the paces as they accelerate to the end.

This form we inhabit may be only temporary, however, we are here to serve a purpose and our purpose is easier to achieve when we are in good physical health. We must take the time to slow down and give this body what it needs, such as nurturing food, adequate sleep, moderate activity and proper care when needed. We cannot afford to abuse this body, for when we do abuse our body it makes our journey more difficult than it should be.

We often abuse our body because we in some way are out of balance with our true nature. Know this, it is not are true nature to abuse anyone, least of all our self. Our nature is love and to love ones self, we in no way can justify hastening our natural expiration date by engaging in habits which negatively impact our health.

Although we may feel at the time that living life at break neck speed is fun, we know that when we have abused ourselves, we will pay for it the next morning, the next week or even years down the road, however we will pay and pay dearly for the abuse which we inflict upon ourselves.

Aside from the physical aspects of “speeding to the red light” of life, there are the many other things to consider. We miss so much when we are speeding along through life. We miss the smiles of children, we miss the beauty of the world, we miss the opportunity to love, we miss so very much. We do miss much and then we are left asking ourselves why? Why did I allow myself to miss so much that this life has to offer? What was I racing towards? What did I gain compared to how much I missed out on?

Life comes at us very fast and we will all come to the red light eventually, so why not slow down and enjoy the journey?

Slow down and be happy and you will be amazed at what you have been missing out on!

We have become a world of multi taskers. Many of us eat our meal as we are checking our e-mail or reading the paper. Replace the e-mail or newspaper with another person or simply eat your meal and savor the experience of eating. Traveling and talking on the cell phone is another thing that many of us do. Turn off the cell phone and look your window with intention to see something you had not noticed before.

When you find yourself doing more than one thing at once, decide what you should be or want to be doing at the moment and decide to do that one thing.

What are speeding towards in your life? What is the hurry? What will your speed cost you at the end of the day?

Visualize how your life will be as you slow down the pace and focus on one thing at a time. When your first think about slowing things down a notch or two, you may panic and feel as though you will not get everything done that you feel you have to, do it anyway. You will be surprised at how much more effective your life will become when you focus on one thing at a time and remove the distractions of multi-tasking.