Is the world slowing down?

Is the world slowing down?

Lately I've been coincidentally running into many people from my history... People I hadn't seen in years or even decades - who have given up the fast-paced-ego-driven-pocket-filling lives, for something else.

One, an ex-renown photographer has become a full time volunteer, working with disabled children. He seems more at peace than he ever was.

Another, my ex-boss and a role model for female ambition, up until recently a CEO in a software startup, is learning patisserie and excitedly talking about powdered sugar. (She looks like a million dollars, too).

Another yet has decided to take a few years break in his career and is studying film and art, as well as alternative medicine. He lost a lot of weight.

They all look rested. happy. blissful.

Part on me envies them, and another pities them.

Is the universe trying to tell me something?