Jun 19 2008
City vs. Country
I recently went to Colorado on vacation. I was born in California, then moved to Colorado when I was five, then I moved back to California when I was 16. I still go back to Colorado to visit as much as I can. I was there for 4 days this last time. It was so awesome to be back home. It is just SO different than California!
The town in which I grew up is very small, less than four thousand people. Everyone drives very slowly, and moves very slowly. Everyone is relaxed, no one is in a rush. I had to force myself to relax, and to not speed on the roads and to just enjoy doing NOTHING. In California, everywhere you go, you are driving so fast, trying to get to where you are going as fast as possible. It’s really sad how life is just passing everyone by out here in California - no one stops to enjoy life for each moment- at least no one that I know!
I’m going to try to stay in the relaxed state of mind. Not worry about tomorrow and the next day and tonight and when my next bill is coming in the mail and what to make for dinner this weekend…. I am just going to remember how it was in Colorado. How each minute seemed line an hour and each day seemed like a week. I truly think that people live longer out there. There is not much stress at all. The weather is beautiful. There is so much open land, you don’t have to worry about overpopulation. You can just look out your back yard and see for miles and miles. No neighbors, no nothing.
I miss my home, hopefully someday I will move back!
- It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City, Philly 2003
- Plastic products, hotel appliance manufacturer and supplier–China ZheJiang TaiZhou City ShuangRui Plastic Co.,Ltd.
- Try the City Hotels at the Weekend, no business men could mean you get big Discounts
- Destination Moon [Circuit City Version] Deborah Cox
- Sprayer, sprayers manufacturer and supplier–China Taizhou City Jiaojiang Xiefeng Sprayer Factory.
We moved from South Florida to a small town in Missouri. We absolutely love living in Missouri. I do miss having a mall and good restaurants within a short distance, but I wouldn’t go back to a large, overcrowded city for anything.
Rhyah
http://cookingkids.today.com
I could not agree more! The whole idea of living fast-paced to the point that one doesn’t enjoy ANYTHING…well, I guess we all get caught up in it, but in the end it just doesn’t work. We end up tense, unhappy, and we fill our minutes with stuff that doesn’t fulfill us. Stepping back and taking it easy may be the way to live longer and happier!