Many times we are rushing from one place to the next.

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Or from one project to the next.

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Sometimes we rush from one appointment to the next.

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It can feel like this is the normal pace of life.

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Yet when we look around at nature, we find that is not the case.

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Nature doesn't rush.

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It doesn't move so quickly.

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Nature is slow.

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The trees grow slowly.

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Plants grow and respond tot he light slowly.

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The tides move slowly.

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In fact, everything in nature is slow, except for people.

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We rush from house to the car to the mall and back tot he car and back home.

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Whether we work from home or work at an office, we rush to work and rush to get things done.

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Sometimes, we do need to rush.

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Yet in most of life, we can actually slow down.

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We can move more slowly when we have an appointment.

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And we can give ourselves more space throughout the day to take our time.

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Slowing down can be of great benefit to us.

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We can be more mindful and careful with our decisions.

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And we can be more purposeful when we engage in something new.

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So often we are rushing through life.

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Yet the real juice of life is in the tiny moments we take to slow down.

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To just sip a cup of tea.

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Or stare out the window.

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To allow ourselves to be lost in our day dreams.

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Or to smell the fresh air as we walk through a park.

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When we slow down we can enjoy more of life.

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We can be more mindful and more intentional when we enter into something new.

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If we really pay attention to nature, we can see that by slowing down we are in rhythm with nature.

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Life does not have to be a busy, hectic, experience.

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Only we make it that way because we feel we have to move fast.

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When we slow down, life becomes more pleasant to experience.

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For the magic of life in the small, slow moments.

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Where an you slow down in your own life?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour