"There is more to life than increasing its speed."  Mahatma Gandhi
 
One can only imagine how dismayed the sage would be to contemplate contemporary American life with its multi-tasking; two to three jobs now rolled into one; and media on the hip, in the ear, beaming here and there, assailing the eye nearly nonstop. We guides see the toll high-speed living exacts on people, and we, too, fall victim to its imperatives. So, here's to hopping off the merry-go-round, taking deep breath after deep breath, and slowing down to re-create.