Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?

"Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life? . . . Why should we be in such desperate haste to succeed, and in such desperate enterprises? . . . Money is not required to buy one necessity of the soul."

Henry David Thoreau

Photo:  Canada Geese, Watson Lake and Bellvue Dome on a snowy day; Bellvue, CO; February 24, 2013