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The Speed of Life

by Greg Asimakoupoulos

Posted: February 20, 2011

We're moving much too fast!…

We're moving at the speed of life.
There's way too much to do.
Our mates have plans. The kids have needs.
Our aging parents, too.

Yes, multitasking finds us frayed
much like a stretched-out rope.
We juggle countless balls at once
except that one called "cope."

Our President's proof positive.
His salt-and-pepper hair
is case in point of how life's speed
breeds wrinkles, stress and fear.

We go, go, go and go some more.
A death sentence for sure.
While nouns once punctuated life,
we've given way to verbs.

The speed of life is much too fast.
O, God, please slow us down.
Create some speed bumps in life's road.
Replace our verbs with nouns.


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Greg Asimakoupoulos (pronounced AWESOME-uh-COPE-uh-less) is an ordained minister, published author and chaplain to a retirement community in the Pacfic Northwest. Greg maintains a blog called Rhymes and Reasons, which he graciously provides to SeniorLifestyle.

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