Thanks to Highway

“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.” This statement was made by a journalist named Charles Kuralt who was tired of the “cut throat” world of journalism and convinced CBS to let him travel around the country on a motor home doing reports on American lives around the nation. Charles was convinced that to really get to the heart of America one had to travel back roads to get where the real stories were.
This quote makes me think of how my life has become a highway. The technology and fast pace of today’s world have blinded me from the things that I used to appreciate and admire. As shallow as it sounds, it made me think about how I’ve forgotten to just slow down sometimes and admire what God has blessed me with, even if it’s only for a little while. I think that’s why Kuralt’s feature on The CBS Evening Show was such a hit back in the sixties because it showed people the treasures life have to offer that we have so easily looked over. We travel from one place to the other so quickly now that we fail to see what we passed in the process. I pray to God that he gives me the patience to slow down and appreciate what is around me in the present. That I won’t travel the globe and miss the treasures the world has to offer because I was anxious to get to the next phase of life. Most of my blog posts have been about what I’ve done. Little have I reflected on the events and savored the importance of what was really going on. Now that the first week is done hopefully things will slow down a little to where that’s easier to do.