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--[[User:AndrewM|AndrewM]] 15:13, 23 October 2008 (PDT)
--[[User:AndrewM|AndrewM]] 15:13, 23 October 2008 (PDT)
=Mirages of the Machine=
We are the fast people. We are always on time. We like things done quickly. Shopping centers, convenience stores, credit cards, automobiles - even the coffee we drink. It's all about speed for us, and our sense of progress is us revving up the cycles.
But this speed is an illusion. We aren't getting it for free. We have accelerated the cycle beyond its natural constraints, and we're making it run faster and faster. We will pay for what speed we see now when the world comes to a grinding halt.
Our earth can't handle this speed. It languishes under the cities and roads we have built. Our mines are turning it into a hollow skeleton. And a skeleton, devoid of form or connections, cannot sustain a burgeoning civilization, no matter how advanced it is.
It's not just our planet which is becoming hollow. Our need for speed has turned long-lasting relationships into mere glances in the fabric of time. A face here, a voice there, but not rooted in any deeper understanding of ourselves.
So next time you feel impatient - slow down! Take the time to savor the niceties of life as God and Nature intended! Don't look to the future, stay focused on the present. One must appreciate his precious life and savor it, minute by ticking minute.
--[[User:AndrewM|AndrewM]] 21:09, 23 October 2008 (PDT)
