时尚口语： What’s the Rush?

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　　Sometimes I think we need to get off this wild ride----the ride we call
life-----as we know it. As the song goes, “slow down, you’re moving too fast,
you got to make the good times last.” Why have we become addicted to fast, and
still it’s not good enough? Computers and gadgets need to be faster and faster.
Fast food can’t get fast enough. I recently went to a wedding, and it was over
so quickly. We don’t want to wait for other cars; we want the ultimate fast
lane, with the ultimate speed. Heck, if we could afford it. I’m sure we would
take rockets instead of planes.
        　　But even that’s not fast enough. Until the science fictions dream of moving
one place to another in a blink of an eye becomes reality, we’ll be unhappy.
Perhaps speed is not the answer to happiness all the time. Once in a while,
slowing down is the answer. At least enjoy the ride we call life. It’s not just
about getting to the end----the end will come, but enjoying the trip. That’s
what I need to do more of. What about you? Even if you win the rat race, you are
still a rat!
        　　Talk about it. Are you impatient? How often do you eat fast food? Are you
happy with the speed of your computer or your internet connection? Do you wish
could slow your life down a little? What do you think people who are always in a
hurry? Do you take time out during the day and try to slow things down? What can
people do to slowing their life down and not be in such a hurry? Do you know
what the expression “take time to smell the roses” means? Dose this expression
apply to your life? Are you happy with the current pace of your life?