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Livin Life In The Fast Lane

These days keep going by on an overwhelming rhythm

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How can it be managed? — Take a moment. Inhale. Exhale. Just breathe.

Is it easier said than done? Sure!

But people are here — on Earth — for ages. Things have not been like this since ever.

What did people have then that they don’t have now?

• Silence.
• Privacy.
• People could not be reached all the time.

Our days we have many ways to get in touch:

• social media,
• texting,
• WhatsApp,
• mobile phones around us all the time,
• e-mails…

It is wonderful to be able to reach our loved ones, even abroad, see their faces, know they are fine without having to write a letter and wait until it is safely delivered, read and answered back. But it come with a price. And sometimes it is hard.

In the old days, there was no way to tell your friend you had just seen her boyfriend, or ask her to meet you in the coffee…