Slow Down, Repeat

“As you slow down, you instantly enter into a brand new world.”― Hiral Nagda

“Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person.”― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song

In the hustle
In the hurry
The blur and flurry
Surface and skimming by
We miss the essence of life
Slow down
The nuance
The beauty
The depth and expanse
Slow down
Pause
Take a deep breath
More often than not
Each day, each hour, this moment
Slow down
Exhale, inhale, sit still
In the softness of a long glance
In the margins
Slow down
Gentle pace
Lovely place and space
Stay here awhile, be made new
The magnitude of quietude
Slow down…repeat.

“Sometimes I think there are only two instructions we need to follow to develop and deepen our spiritual life: slow down and let go.”― Oriah Mountain Dreamer, The Dance: Moving To the Rhythms of Your True Self