Is There Speed limit on the Highway to Success?

This morning on my way to school I got pulled over due to speeding. Funny but famous Murphy law always follows me, - those very few times I do something wrong I get caught. Usually, I follow the rules while I am on the road, too much on the steak. However now, trying to navigate 21st century road I catch myself speeding more often not on the highway, but at school, work, personal life, even in this challenge… Seems, that we, students, have to do so much to prove our potential right this moment , to show what we are capable of, and finally to start building beautiful future our society expects us to have. Do I like it? Usually I do (when I am not too exhausted). I am one of those crazy adrenaline fans who will run and run and run..and run. I love being busy, feeling productive and working. I do believe that sleeping 5 to 6 hours is better for you. And if you wonder - the secret of my "successes" is dark chocolate, which is necessary for my and your brain to function.
However, there is one very negative thing about constant speeding in our lives. We forget or simply don't have time to look around further than our backyard. We forget that there are other colors and shapes than the ones surrounding us. Even smell and food could be absolutely different outside our protective walls. We become similar to the racing horses with protections glued close to our eyes from possible outside disruption. Scary but this habit works perfectly convincing us that this is the only right way to become successful.
I think there is nothing wrong with rushing and feeling busy, however, it is necessary to have time and desire to see something more than our own lives. We need to feel urgent responsibility for certain social issues not only for a day or a week after seeing something on CNN or reading a catching book. It is incredibly rewarding to know that somebody needs you, and even better - to understand that WE HAVE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM.
Participation in the Apprentice Challenge gives me an incredible opportunity to face various realities that are impossible to fully comprehend just from reading or hearing about it. I loved working on our second project, where my team and I became familiar with Denver's Ten Year Plan to End Homelessness and had the ability to work with Disability Center for Independent Living. Also I am extremely excited about our 3rd project because now we are creating science based program for thirty 6th graders who belong to Colorado "I Have a Dream" program. Most of those children daily face the possibility of dropping out of school due to the bad situation in their neighborhoods, poverty, or beliefs that work is more important than school.
It doesn't matter where we go or what we look at, there is always something that needs to be done, improved or encouraged… Let's buckle up and try not to go over the speed limit while navigating in our daily lives. And if you wonder what is the speed limit on the highway to success? I think it depends only from you, as long as you are able to notice your surroundings.

See you on the road