It seems that the world is going faster and faster and we are going faster and faster to try to keep up. Almost everything can be done faster and easier.

There are all sorts of recipes for 5 minute diners; you can throw a meal in the micro-wave.

You can go to a fast food drive-thru, although often times maybe not so fast!

If you have a headache you can pop any one of a hundred different kinds of pills.

We can take performance enhancers to make us run faster.

You can drive fast, talk fast, eat fast and work fast.

You can pull up a movie on your computer or order one on TV.

You can record your favorite shows so that you can fast forward through the commercials and the boring spots.

You can pay your bills and taxes on line.

You can get married fast at a drive thru chapel never having to leave your car or turn off your engine.

You can get booze at a drive thru liquor store.

You can go through money and relationships fast.

Fast, fast, fast and faster that’s the way we roll!

There are 3 things where fast does not apply; Love, Wisdom and Success.

You can be infatuated or in lust fast, but it takes time and attention to really fall and stay in love. Love grows slowly and deeply and cannot be rushed. It must be nurtured, given attention and developed over time.

You can be smart. You can get a degree fast, over the summer, on weekends, on line. Wisdom however, comes over time with age and maturity. Wisdom comes with slowing down, putting things into perspective and understanding what is really important. Wisdom comes by taking life’s experiences and learning from them.

The third is success. There is no overnight success.  It takes time, passion, patience, dedication and hard work to be successful. Success comes from practicing your craft, from turning mistakes into triumphs.

Now the choice is yours. You can keep doing things fast or you can work at the three things that are important and that take time; Love, Wisdom and Success.