Am I losing touch with reality?

I was watching this video (thank you +Ana Paula  and +Liz Krane ) and wondering why the chimpanzee could easily beat me on this specific task. I tried again to beat the

chimpanzee when I noticed what was going on inside my head. A hurricane of thought was flying: lets focus, can he really beat me?, maybe he beat me because he trained before...

and many more thoughts.

Then I stopped. Maybe he beats me because he is focused on doing the task and nothing else. My mind has developped to constantly jump back and forth, plan into the future,

restructure the past. If it was not a game but a case of life or death, would I pay attention and perform like the chimpanzee?

Can I still feel the present or have I already been too much down the road of constantly planning, judging, evaluating that reality is eluding me? Have I traded the joy of the

present for fast driving my mind, just keeping an eye on the present on the rear view mirror? Where am I going?

Lately, timelapse videos have become very popular, these are beautiful:

http://vimeo.com/29471008  via +Ana Paula

or

https://plus.google.com/112669442975277292500/posts/a1Ccm3XmS4a

thank you +Catherine Laplace-Builhe

The images were speed up so that they can trap my wandering mind and free me to appreciate what is happening. The beauty is always there to see, if only
I can slow down.

- posted by Carlos @ 8:19 AM