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It's hard to appreciate surprises along the way when we're going so fast.

We take time to work, but what about play?

Summer—and life—are fleeting; slowing down lets us truly experience them.

Not far from home, on a grassy perch at the intersection of a neighborhood drive and a busy road, the two girls wait. It’s hard not to notice them sitting there under a tree with their table and makeshift sign, jumping up and waving each time a car goes by. Slow down, they say. Take a break. Buy some lemonade.

But, of course, most cars whiz by, the drivers on their way to work or errands or whatever busyness the day requires. Doesn’t matter that the sky is cloudless and the humidity finally washed away with last night’s shower, leaving a pleasant breeze in its place. Doesn’t matter that the young entrepreneurs are hopeful and the drinks they’re selling are homemade. Doesn’t matter that the........

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