Get me off this spinning world

I consider myself a young person. I am approaching only the half way mark to eighty. Where is this going? I am heading done the road of change. Every time I have to stand behind an elderly person as they walk their methodic pace or a child cranking their neck and stopping with every passing change I am quickly reminded how fast the world is going. Twenty years ago I was boiling water on the stove because I could not afford a microwave. This process took up to ten minutes somedays. Today I tap my foot impatiently as I wait for the whole two minutes if that it takes in the microwave. As a child I believe the news on TV, which only had thirteen channels if you were lucky, was an hour. We now have 11 at 11. All the news crammed in 11 minutes so we can get on with our day. What happened to the mailmen stopping and saying hi? What about you knowing your neighbor? I know who my neighbors are but I surely do not know them and they not us. Today's kids are so disrespectful and heaven forbid if you discipline them. Parents talk about spanking their children in metaphors until they know they are in safe company. Now note I said spank not beat. Vacations are becoming novel ideas and sick days are increasing. Correlation what do you think? The American dream is coporaterized, politicized and a work of fiction.

If I am frustrated and wanting to get out of this spinning chaos what is going to happen to my children? I am hoping our move to change allows us to slow down. For now whenever I am stuck behind something or someone that is moving slow I am gong to take a deep breath and enjoy.