Is it wrong to spend five minutes pondering? Why is it so hard to find five minutes to ponder?

Walking to work this morning, I stopped an paused for a moment to look out at the mist over the river. I wanted to stop, just for a few moments to stare and enjoy, maybe two minutes, maybe seven minutes.....just to have the freedom of thought......

BUT....

I couldn't....I had five minutes to get to work for nine on the dot, and I couldn't be late, and I was a five minute walk away from work....I couldn't be free to enjoy the real world beauty surrounding me, and this made me rather upset. What is wrong with pondering, being free in mind even for a few moments....it would have had had such and effect on my mental wellbeing.....but the force of doing the right thing and fitting in to the corporate world was too strong...

.....this is so wrong.....and of course makes me realise that there is more 2 this!

Today's thought....let's have more pondering and idle staring time!

Peace