Violinist in the Metro

I think its crazy that people wont take 5 minutes out of their day to observe something so amazing as music. It kind of relates to my last lecture, about worrying. These people worry too much. They're worried about what people will think of them, about being late for work, about observing music? Nothing is wrong with these things, maybe you shouldn't be late for work everyday, so leave 5 minutes earlier. Then you CAN stop and observe beauty. Whether its walking a little slower down the street to look at the buildings, whether it's stopping in the subway to listen to someone playing violin, whether its taking a different route to work to see what else you see. You need to stop and NOT think sometimes. Change up your routine. Stop and do things you wouldn't normally do, and when those things become 'normal' to you, change them again.

This article says it amazingly at the end, if we really don't have time to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world, how many other things are we missing? its true.

Everyone is guilty of this.

A few weeks ago, a house on my street was ran into by a car in the middle of the night. The owners were on vacation. There were many houses surrounding it and the house sits on one of the busiest streets in Ingersoll. The accident happened at 5:30 am, and was not reported until 12pm the same day. I am guilty. I drove right past the house without even glancing. At least 1000 vehicles did the same thing in those 6.5 hours. One person walked past and noticed the house. 1 out of 1000. How sad is that? We miss seeing a house with a HUGE hole in the side. How do these things happen? The only thing I can think of is that everyone is too concerned with where they're going, and where they've been, rather then where they are AT THAT MOMENT.