What's The Rush

What's The Rush

I expect young people to be impatient. They want to get older faster. They want to get a car ASAP. They want to get out of school before the bell sounds. They want a career before they're ready. They want a girlfriend or boyfriend so they can show him or her off and maybe get sex. They want money, power and ego rewards to be given to them sooner than their peers get theirs. They just want it all as fast as they can get it. What's The Rush!


As we get older, we should be slowing down. Not because we physically can't do "it" anymore, but because we realize that faster might not be better. We should be more focused on quality instead of quantity. We should take a step back and appreciate the good stuff around us instead of rushing through it unconsciously. We should spend more time planning instead of diving in. We should go for the brass ring when it makes sense rather than before we're ready. We should be patient when it comes to relationships, jobs and getting the things we deserve.  What's The Rush!


This is what we should be doing, but too many of us don't. It blows me away when I see a senior driving too fast or being impatient waiting on line or being pissed off when service is slow or having road rage when the car in front of them is driving too slowly.  What's The Rush!


I get the idea of trying to get as much life as soon as possible. However, impatience causes stress. Stress kills. Sooo, while these seniors are trying to get it all in, they are taking years off their life because they don't have patience. What's The Rush!


I'm a little ADD. I feel I need to be productive every minute of every day. Until I met my wife at 40, I was bouncing around trying to get everything done as fast as I could. Ellen, likes getting things done on time with quality. However, she also can spend hours just relaxing. In the years seeing how she manages her time, I've become less ADD and more willing to just lay back and read, watch TV, blog, play my guitar and take in the beauty of the surroundings where I live. I still don't like to procrastinate, but, basically I've realized What's The Rush!


People who lay back all the time are not getting enough out of life. People who are never satisfied are also not getting enough out of life. There has to be a balance. Live life at a pace that makes you happy. Live life at a pace that gets the major things done on time and slow down on the things that can wait. What's The Rush!


As I have always said, life is a journey that should be enjoyed as it happens. Sometimes it's better to let life come to you and sometimes it's better to go after life. Happiness comes when you know when to enjoy the former and when to enjoy the latter. Pushing yourself to go after life all the time because your impatient or fear you could be missing something, might not be in your best interest. What's The Rush!


If you see life as a continuum of events never knowing what might come next, you will either be stressed by the lack knowing or happy that life is going to bring some very interesting stuff to you in the future. If you just use today's life span actuary you will live until your mid-eighties. Subtract your current age and that's how many years of interesting stuff that's going to happen to you. Therefore, What's The Rush!


I'm going to live to the year 2038. I'll be 94. That gives me a whopping 27 more years of happiness. That gives me 27 more years of good and maybe bad shit happening to me. That gives me 27 more years of learning. That gives me 27 more years of appreciating. That gives me 27 more years of laughing. That gives me 27 more years of seeing how this crazy world will turn out. That gives me 27 more years with the people I love. That gives me 27 more years to be loved by the people who love me.

WOW 27 More Years - What's The Rush!!!