Everyone’s got themselves in a hurry.
In the movie “Shawshank Redemption”, at age 73 and after 50 years in prison Brooks is let out on parole in 1955.
He writes a letter to his friends still kin prison and tells them, “Everyone’s got themselves in a hurry.”
Used to the slow pace of prison life, Brooks could not adjust to a faster pace outside the prison walls.
See the movie if you haven’t to learn what happened.
For the past 2 months I got used to a 3 mph pace. I only had to be where I wanted to be and when I wanted to be there. And the way was never crowded.
This morning I had to be at the train station by a designated time.
Once in the train I had to climb over people’s stuff, ask a 9-yo to please move so I could have the seat next to him, (his grandmother finally explained to him to stand up and let me in), check and recheck times and places for transferring to/from my destinations, all the while listening to multiple conversations as the train eventually hit 50 mph. It was more exhausting than walking 20 miles!
My ending will not be the same as Brook’s. I do realize, however, that everyone has gotten themselves into a hurry.
It’s not realistic, nor do I want to live at 3 mph. But, I can say that it sure was fun while it lasted.
