Fast Life (1932), Swedish poster
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'living fast'
the concept of living a fulfilling life is so simple that humans don't understand it. you have to live at the slowest possible pace.
i often get caught up in the feeling of everything happening right now, and that gets so overwhelming that I end up doing nothing at all.
then there is this idea of living fast. to be spontaneous to the point of not thinking anything through before committing to it. the idea of living fast promotes recklessness. you stop thinking of yourself and focus only on how you get ahead of your imaginary competitors. you can keep racing if you want to, but it's not free. you pay for it with your life. when you play that game, you are nothing more than a player. you are stripped of your inner well-being, and you spend all of your experience in a state of survival.
if you put the game down, and decide you don't want to play anymore, then you can choose to live slowly. wherever you are, whoever you are. live your experience of life slowly. Stop and smell every single flower. drive exclusively in the slow lane, stop completely at every stop sign and look both ways. every so often take a moment to become aware of your breathing, and thoughts. Become aware of the fact that you are just another species on this planet, in this solar system, in this milky way.
understand that your life is the most important thing because it is the only thing that can fulfill you, yet just as insignificant as any individual life in the great community of all life on this planet, in this solar system, in this milky way.
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