I went into a shul today mid morning for a minute to take something in, and it was deserted. The only person there was a man in his seventies being maavir sedra in the back row. What a beautiful sight to behold.
Slowly and peacefully, with complete tranquility, he was lovingly saying the words. Without disturbances. Without worries. Without phone calls (could be he does not even own a cell phone). Without text messages. Without emails. It was seemed obvious he felt that he could not be disturbed.
By contrast, many of us nowadays are rushing all over the place and even when we do sit to learn or to begin doing something, we do not have the tranquil state of mind that this man had. Rush, rush, rush, rush, rush. Grabbing something to eat while on the phone, replying to emails and answering our kids all at the same time. We have so many labor saving devices but we are an instant-reply required society so we pressure ourselves to fit too much into too short a time, without being able to enjoy any of it or relax.
So I ask you, who has it better?