Paradoxes at a slow pace

We continue with the publication of the micro-stories of the third edition of the competition: High Altitude Storieswe let you enjoy with "Paradoxes at a slow pace"by Sergi Garcia i Gisbert.

Paradoxes at a slow pace

-by Sergi Garcia i Gisbert-.

He was walking along a path, but today he felt different.

"Why is everyone moving so fast," I muttered, watching the others moving around me.

"They're 'making time', as if it's something you can catch...", said an old man, with a look that seemed to see beyond the horizon.

I reflected on his words. Here, the notion of time seemed to distort.

"And you?" I asked, "What are you doing here?"

"I come to waste my time," he replied with a wry smile.

"Here, wasting time is gaining time".

I looked around me, noticing for the first time the majesty of the landscape, a world that stretched far beyond the visible.

"Perhaps", I said, "in the eagerness to move forward, we forget that some peaks are only revealed when we stop". And with that in mind, I continued on my way, slower, more conscious, savouring every step in this place, where time was measured not in hours, but in moments lived.