Siga, siga ::
The culture of slowness has always been an essential part of the mediterranean life. It´s a different mentality, or a different choice.
I remember the „siga, siga“ greek people said to me in my first years in greece, when i arrived in a rush, meaning: please slow down ( for your and our sanity! ). siga, siga.
But being slowed down hasn’t been en vogue in these last years. On the contrary, people had to be „busy“, had to have „no time“, it became difficult to talk more than just 2 sentences with some people, or even with most people. Everyone in a rush. A fashion.
At the same time I lived with italians, who reminded me on an every day basis to slow down just by sitting in front of the house, smoking a cigarette in the sun, and just enjoying life for the only reason of just to enjoy life. I KNEW they were right. But how difficult it was ! It has become work. The yoga instead of the sports. The stop instead of the rush. Siga, siga. How could i forget ?
I have never been friends with those in a rush, how can one be ? They lack the time for these things, they don’t have these places. It ́s a different way to be maybe, one has to choose. One can always choose.
a reading summer (c) 2022