pace of life

: rate of movement

: rate of progress

: an example to be emulated

: to walk with often slow or measured tread

: to move along : proceed

: to go at a pace

: contrary to the opinion of

: the quality that distinguishes a vital and functional being from a dead body

: a principle or force that is considered to underlie the distinctive quality of animate beings

: an organismic state characterized by capacity for metabolism (see metabolism 1), growth, reaction to stimuli, and reproduction

: of or relating to animate being

: lifelong

: using a living model