<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=492978" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Slowing Down</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">did we not believe that something that is fast<br>is good, equating it with the benevolence of efficiency? <br>we are convinced and we get carried away<br>and so our nerves are fast our bones do not rattle<br>our feet keep on running and our hands are always on for something<br>something to do as though idleness is death<br>and sickness, as though rest is a mortal sin and death is heinous, <br>our eyes roll and we keep on talking and talking about plans<br>plan A, and if this does not work proceed to plan B, <br>B-1 to B-5, and everyday is always a commotion<br>of beeps and buzzers, and the doors keep on closing and opening, <br>never shutting up like our mouths<br>meetings and overnight discussions with what to do with this world<br>too, it is never at rest, spinning on its axis and engaging in revolutions.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">old age comes with staff and near blindness, arms shaking, feet mossy, <br>and minds getting stoical to doubts and confusions: it is time to stop<br>to slow down a bit, to know what wishful thinking is all about: </div><div style="margin:10px 0">what if? there are ifs now, and soon there will be a bed of regrets<br>to bury our weary bodies, soon, there will be a silence not<br>anymore wanting to ever speak.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ric+S.+Bastasa">Ric S. Bastasa</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=492978" data-title="Slowing Down de Ric S. Bastasa" data-description="did we not believe that something that is fast is good, equating it with the benevolence of efficiency? we are convinced and we get carried away and so our nerves are fast our bones do not rattle our feet keep on running and our hands are always ..."></div> </div> </div>

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