How to Have a Beautiful Life in a Mad Dash Society
When you go out, look at the people around you. Don't they look
like they're in a hurry to get somewhere? When you ask your
friends out for a gathering, do you often get, "Sorry, I've got
an appointment, or I've a meeting on that day"? Many people are
chronically busy nowadays. They all have the compulsion to be
successful as fast as possible. And to achieve that, they figure
they have to compress five years of work into one, by moving
five times faster! So they rush - developing a hard-nosed edge,
sacrificing personal time and relationships, to get as much done
as they can. But despite their earnest and wholehearted attempt
to be successful, they often waste their effort because they
lose their sense of direction - focusing on the trees, but
failing to notice the forest - they end up running in circles.
If you don't occasionally stop running and look up at the stars,
how will you know which way is North? (Don't tell me you have a
compass.) In real terms, this means you have to set some time
everyday to stop, and reflect.