Un-hurry

June 29, 2007

We’re generally in a hurry. To get to the shops, to get to our car, to get to our job, to get home, at work… it doesn’t really matter where or when we are, we are in hurry…

This was an issue on Dutch media a couple of years back, even with support from government funds to have people live at a slower pace. Being in a constant hurry make people stressful, which is bad for your health. So we needed to be more relaxed. We called it “to un-hurry”…

I always thought that when we live on Skye I would definitely un-hurry. Nothing would make me hurry ever again. Well, was I right?

Generally, I’d say “yes” but every once in a while the hurried Roger comes along, like today coming back from doing some shopping in Portree. I was stuck behind a German car doing 35 where you can easily drive 50 or 60. There was no single chance I could overtake the car in front of me. And I started being annoyed telling myself that I was in a hurry and needed to get passed that car. Was I in a hurry? Absolutely not. Time was not pressing on me and there was nothing needing immediate attention but the wheelie bin that I had to roll back from the roadside to the house. Then why was I making such a fuss about this guy in front of me? He was just enjoying the landscape or being extra careful while driving on the left side. As I realized I did not have a valid answer to that simple question I tried to dismiss the hurried Roger and be my un-hurried self again….

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One Response to “Un-hurry”

  1. Claire on July 1st, 2007 20:20

    Good for you!!! (me jealous)

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