QUOTE OF THE DAY - 7/10/18
Today's quote of the day is from the movie Up in the Air with George Clooney.
The line is: "Moving is living. The slower we move the faster we die."
George Clooney plays an employee of a company paid to fire people at other companies, and he spends almost all of his time flying from city to city. On the side, he is a motivational speaker where the above quote is essentially the thesis of his preachings, in which he also emphasizes a simple life without too many things weighing you down.
I love this line because it makes me think. Many people, especially young people would agree it would be an enjoyable lifestyle to travel the world and constantly be doing new things. At what cost? There are certainly cases of people who live fast-paced lifestyles but feel unfulfilled. Who is to say that living a slow, methodical life in which you put down deep roots in something is bad? The film raises the same question, where Clooney questions his lifestyle and even abandons his philosophy for some time to pursue a stable, lockdown relationship. However, this fails for him. It leaves an open-ended resolution to his philosophy. Would it have been better for him to keep moving? It is hard to say whether or not the character was satisfied by his choices, and whether any person would be satisfied in either lifestyle. For me, I would edit this quote to "Moving deliberately is living". It does not seem fulfilling to drift aimlessly, "moving" nonetheless. It also does not seem fulfilling to sit in perpetual inaction. So, moving with purpose allows the emphasis to not be on the fast-paced lifestyle but rather on living deliberately. Some interesting thoughts for sure.
-Crockpot
The line is: "Moving is living. The slower we move the faster we die."
George Clooney plays an employee of a company paid to fire people at other companies, and he spends almost all of his time flying from city to city. On the side, he is a motivational speaker where the above quote is essentially the thesis of his preachings, in which he also emphasizes a simple life without too many things weighing you down.
I love this line because it makes me think. Many people, especially young people would agree it would be an enjoyable lifestyle to travel the world and constantly be doing new things. At what cost? There are certainly cases of people who live fast-paced lifestyles but feel unfulfilled. Who is to say that living a slow, methodical life in which you put down deep roots in something is bad? The film raises the same question, where Clooney questions his lifestyle and even abandons his philosophy for some time to pursue a stable, lockdown relationship. However, this fails for him. It leaves an open-ended resolution to his philosophy. Would it have been better for him to keep moving? It is hard to say whether or not the character was satisfied by his choices, and whether any person would be satisfied in either lifestyle. For me, I would edit this quote to "Moving deliberately is living". It does not seem fulfilling to drift aimlessly, "moving" nonetheless. It also does not seem fulfilling to sit in perpetual inaction. So, moving with purpose allows the emphasis to not be on the fast-paced lifestyle but rather on living deliberately. Some interesting thoughts for sure.
-Crockpot
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