Redirection

I have finally managed to crack open my recent book "In Praise of Slow"..even before finally opening it I found myself questioning more and more why I need to be so frantic to get things done? To get to places faster? To BE some where? I am ready for this redirection....I have a feeling it will be a bit of a process to get myself there, after all, the old saying goes "old habits die hard".
I am ready for this book, this next step in my redirection, for many reasons...I was just recently reading a book I loved, I was really enjoying it too, but I could never find time to sit and read it, I kept saying out loud "man, this book is taking me forever to get through". So what? What was I in a hurry for? I got to the end of the book this week and I asked my self why I wanted to be in such a hurry for something so good to end? Funny... I picked up my daughter from ringette practice last night, it was a wonderful sunny evening, she was in a good mood after practice, I felt relaxed thinking of the night ahead of slowly prepping for our back to school/work day the next day...no hurry, everything great. Then what do I do? I get a photo radar flash in my rearveiw mirror leaving the arena. Was I in a hurry? Not at all. This one will be a doosey too..I was going about 50kms in a 30kms zone...yikes. There goes the new pair of fall boots I was hoping for, all because I couldn't slow down.
Well that's it, today I am really focusing on the slow down. Yes, I know there will still be hic ups of "gotta get some where quickly" with the kids schedules (I will focus on that next) this may not always be helped, but I will always have in the back of my mind, my little voice telling me to just slow down.
Sorry day job, that means you too.