Speeding Through Life

While riding on the bus this week, the man sitting next to me on the window seat needed to exit the bus before me. When he said, "The next stop is my stop," I immediately started gathering my belongings to move out of his way. But after seeing me snap to attention he said, "Hey, slow down! Take it easy in life. ...Now, if there's a fire, you run. Other than that, slow down and enjoy life."

He had no idea how profound such a simple comment was to me.

Only a few people know this, but here goes....

AH! I got TWO speeding tickets on our drive home from Indiana.

I've never gotten a speeding ticket in my life. I admit, I bawled. But it was totally my fault. And on top of that, in between the two tickets I accidentally merged off I-80 and took us on a three hour detour through Denver.

OUCH!

But come on! Doesn't that scream SPEED! to you?!

It was awful. I don't ever want to make that drive again! After the two tickets, I can definitely say flying would be so much better. ...and at my rate, maybe even cheaper!

Needless to say, I've been slowing down a bit these days.