Not Too Fast, Not Too Slow…

 Came Covid 19 and put a break on everything, around the world. When I say ‘everything’ I mean the usual ‘everything’ for most people… going to work…going out with friends…travelling…vacations…time spend with family and friends etc. Hmmm is this what is ‘everything?’ I guess so. What else was there other than Work…work….work…and going out and eating and drinking…A successful and content life style, if you really think of it, has nothing much to offer but the things that I just mentioned…Unless of course one has a hobby like photography, trekking, any sport etc. then being lockdown inside a house becomes difficult. But I remember since this Covid 19 and the lockdown started I have myself forwarded many messages…educating people to slow down… to be thankful for the time being given to spend with family. I have myself entertained the idea that life had become too fast and now it is the time to slow down and this nature is giving us the signal to slow down and not be greedy, too demanding, to extravagant etc etc…After over five months of slowing down and introspecting and trying to become self-reliant in all possible ways, I have realized that my mere slowing down has in fact put a full stop to life of many others, that used to run because the malls that we visited, the eating places that we frequented, the holiday destinations we travelled to needed shopkeepers, cleaners, security staff , gardeners, cooks, housekeeping staff, waiters etc…My entertainment and fast life was in fact the reason for their employment!! So when I advocate slowing down for people like me and promote a lifestyle giving less importance to travelling, eating out, vacations etc , In the same breath I am also supporting inactivity which is in fact  plain entertainment for people like me but source of employment for many!! Slowing down does not benefit all. So , is this hoopla about slowing down is more trouble than its worth? No no that’s too fast….no no that is too slow…Which is the speed I should adopt when driving my vehicle of life? So now I have stopped sending messages telling people to slow down. I have even begun to rethink about the pace that I will have to adopt in the fast lane, when all this covid 19 thing is over. The interconnectivity of one human action to another is so great in todays world that there is no one type of action that will be the cure…we will be either too slow or too fast…Now in probably the last quarter of my life …. I will keep looking for that magic trick… that will move me not too slow…not too fast…will support me my pursuits…will also support the rest of the humanity….