Life is not a race, or is it?

"Slow and steady might not win the race,

but it always finishes!"

R.J. O'Neal

I don't know about you, but my life runs on faster and faster each and every day. Will it ever slow down? The answer is yes...when I die!

The other day, there was a post on Obesity Help about a friend of mine, who lost a cousin. The cousin was scheduled for weight loss surgery this coming week. He died from congenital heart failure before he had the oppurtunity to have a life changing surgery.

His death reminded me of a poem someone sent me a while back:

Time is short!

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round

Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast

Time is short, the music won't last

Do you run through each day on the fly

When you ask "How are you?" do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores running through your head?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast

Time is short, the music won't last

Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow

And in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch, and let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time to call and say "Hi"?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast

Time is short, the music won't last

When you run so fast to get somewhere

You miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

It is like an unopened gift....Thrown away...

Life is not a race,do take it slower

Hear the music, before the song is over.

Is your life running at a hectic pace? Does it seem like it never slows down? If so, take a moment and...

... slow down, don't dance so fast
Time is short, the music won't last