Time passing, timely passing

Time passing, timely passing

A few days ago, our family microwave met its inexorable demise after nearly over a decade run. I was truly saddened. This wasn't any regular microwave, and certainly not contemporary, it had a late 80's/early 90's dial and you'd have to double the amount of cooking time than a meal suggested because of how old and worn out it was getting. In our technological day and age, I guess you could say it amounted to something of the Stone Age. I used it from the time I was old enough to operate a microwave until now where it's my go-to tool of making my greater means of sustenance. Despite it's fickleness in function, it was a reminder of how fast-paced the world has become before it faded into nostalgia and joined in the passing of my walkman and light-up shoes. It was a reminder that before there were iTunes, Netflix, and social networking there were vinyls and cassettes, VHS, and a time where a majority of our day wasn't spent in front of a LCD screen. Accessibility has become at the tip of our fingers. As I sit here, staring at the unopened box of our new 2010 touch-screen microwave, there is something that can be taken from the ye olde microwave -- just as it took twice as long to warm its inner content, perhaps we need to slow down for just one moment in this fast-paced life to just enjoy whatever's inside ours.