Wisdom from "Modern Family"

9 December 2010

I love the ABC sitcom Modern Family. I think it’s smartly written, well-acted and laugh-out-loud funny.

On an episode last season (the one where the family vacationed in Hawaii), hapless dad Phil Dunphy said something to his family that resonated with me so much that I repeat it to myself probably once a day.

He had just set the house alarm and the family had only 15 seconds to exit the house with their luggage before the alarm would go off. As he was urging his family to quickly file out the door, he repeated,

“Slow is smooth and smooth is fast.”

Isn’t that so true? When I’m in a hurry I often make mistakes in my haste. When I’m rushing to do something, I now consciously try to slow down and repeat Phil’s mantra.

I knew that all those hours of TV watching would pay off one day!

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