Insight or crazy musings?

As I see pictures of the children in the families around me and wonder at where the time went, I start to understand why we sort of slow down as we get older.

When we are young we don't have the cherished memories yet. The ones that pop up and make you smile from ear to ear out of nowhere. The ones that taught you a lesson. The ones that inspired you. And yes, even the ones that made you cry. There's nothing that interupts your train of thought as you move from project to project...situation to situation. Everything is fast, gotta get it done now...

As I add years to my memories, I'm finding I don't have such urgency for certain situations. Don't get me wrong, I'm still impatient about things...just not in the same way.

Come to think about it, maybe it's just that we learn to slow down and cherish simple moments. Live in the situation instead of blow through them like a hurricane.
Hmm...