Slow down, you move too fast

There's this really interesting article here about a world-class concert violinist who did an experiment with the Washington Post: If he played his violin in a Washington, DC Metro station, would people stop to listen?

Sadly, the results don't surprise me.

People don't stop to notice beauty enough. They don't look at the flowers, the birds, the clouds, the other people. They're too busy doing whatever. Sometimes I'm in that much of a hurry, too, but I try. I do. I look, or at least I do my best. Sometimes there's an element of "ooh, shinything!" in there, too.

Maybe the first step toward healing the world is to be in the world. We forget that. We get too much inside our own heads and we stop living in our bodies.

I know I do.
 

I'm a word nerd. What a shock. Not.

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd   Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
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