What's the hurry?

Have you ever noticed how everyone is always in such a hurry? I guess since I'm usually one of those people, I never really paid attention... but today as I sit here waiting for my flight out of Charlotte, watching all the commotion and people hustle and bustling... I couldn't help but wonder why these people were in such a hurry.

Think about all the terms in our vocabulary that deal with this very subject... on the fast track, the rat race, fast pass, speed lane, information super highway, I could good on but that still doesn't answer the question, why are we all in such a hurry? Is getting to the front of the line a few minutes early really that important? Do we really need to speed, push our way through the crowd, rush to get there, wherever there may be? I ask these questions and while I do I feel slightly hypocritical, especially considering the fact that I spent the last three days complaining that I had to travel winding country roads in North Carolina instead of being one of those high speed freeways. Yet, now I sit here and think about how beautiful those roads really were and I wonder why I was such a hurry?

This program I am in, is one of those fast pace programs... it's accelerated and designed to provide us with specialized training that will help us turn around schools quickly... HURRY, HURRY, HURRY. 

While I get the intent and need to make rapid changes in those types of school, I can't help but wonder what beautiful things we might miss while we are on that road.

For me,  I am going to just have to remember to slow down sometimes, take the winding road, and enjoy the sights... and just not be in such a hurry.

Enjoy these...

 

Photos taken in North Carolina