Depending on which website you visit, the Earth cruises along at about 1000 mph. We hear and use many expressions about time; "time flies when you are having fun", "this year is flying by"," "where has this month gone"?
I sometimes wonder if time "flew" at the beginning of time? Did Caveman sit around the proverbial fire and grunt to themselves about how "the year had just got away from them"? Did time fly when they were foraging for nuts and shelter or killing saber tooth tigers with sticks. Did Romans feel like life was zipping along after exiting the Colosseo? I can't imagine anyone thinking to themselves during the Dust Bowl or the 1930s in general that life was a breeze?
The distractions in today's 4G world make it difficult to stop and smell the roses sometimes. How can we get information faster. We faxed, emailed, now we text. We download any information that we want in less than 10 seconds. With everyone trying to figure out how to speed things up, lost is the practice of appreciating the small things.
Most will agree that the taste of food grilled using charcoal is superior to that prepared over propane. Why then would we use propane? The answer is simply that it's faster and more convenient. The quality sacrificed is probably minimal but it speaks to my larger point. Besides the food being amazing, as a child, I loved when we grilled because I got to spend time with my Dad. While the coals were burning, we played. We threw the football or the baseball or my parents just watched us ride our bikes and play.
It is probably natural to come to the realization at one point in your life that time is precious. I am sure that realization correlates with prioritizing your life. When one arrives at the precipice, deciding on who and what is most important in their life, that is when time will cease to matter in the figurative sense. As long as you figure out those variables, you'll be able to live in the moment and focus your energy on the important things.
Figuring "it" out will probably not keep us from one day starting a sentence with "it seems like only yesterday.....", hopefully though, when your last breath is exiting your body, you'll exhale knowing that you didn't sacrifice too many of the important moments.
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The Base: Oak (Black), Mesquite, Fruit woods Apple, grape, endless.. Taking time is what it comes down to, I guarantee you Indirect heat with Mesquite wood chips at a low heat setting for four hours to six hours depending on the weight of the meat. No one wood (Ha) be able to tell, what it was cooked on (if I didn't tell them) They'd just know it was delicious! Of course, I won't tell the rest of the my secrets (i.e. the marinades vs.the rubs). The battles rage on!
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