Slowdown
Therapy
1.
Slow down. You are not responsible for doing it all yourself, right
now.
2. Remember a happy, peaceful time in your past. Rest there.
Each moment has
richness that takes a lifetime to savor.
3.
Set your own pace. When someone is pushing you, it's OK to tell them
they're pushing.
4. Take nothing for granted: watch water
flow, the corn grow, the leaves
blow, your neighbor mow.
5.
Taste your food. Nature provides it to delight as well as to
nourish.
6. Notice the sun and the moon as they rise and set.
They are remarkable for
their steady pattern of movement, not
their speed.
7. Quit planning how you're going to use what you
know, learn, or possess.
Your gifts just are; be grateful and
their purpose will be clear.
8. When you talk with someone, don't
think about what you'll say next.
Thoughts will spring up
naturally if you let them.
9. Talk and play with children. It
will bring out the unhurried little
person inside you.
10.
Create a place in your home, at your work, in your heart where you
can
go for quiet and recollection. You deserve it.
11. Allow
yourself time to be lazy and unproductive. Rest isn't luxury; it's
a necessity.
12. Listen to the wind blow. It carries a
message of yesterday and
tomorrow-and now. NOW counts.
13.
Rest on your laurels. They bring comfort whatever their size, age,
or
condition.
14. Talk slower. Talk less. Don't talk.
Communication isn't measured by
words.
15. Give yourself
permission to be late sometimes. Life is for living, not
scheduling.
16. Listen to the song of a bird; the complete
song. Music and nature are
gifts, but only if you are willing to
receive them.
17. Take time just to think. Action is good and
necessary, but it's fruitful
only if we muse, ponder, and
mull.
18. Make time for play - the things you like to do.
Whatever you r age, your
inner child needs re-creation.
19.
Watch and listen to the night sky. It speaks.
20. Listen to the
words you speak, especially in prayer.
21. Learn to stand back
and let others take their turn as leaders. There
will always be
new opportunities for you to step out in front again.
22. Divide
big jobs into little jobs.
23. When you find yourself rushing and
anxious, stop. Ask yourself "WHY?"
you are rushing and anxious.
The reasons may improve your self-understanding.
24. Take time to
read. Thoughtful reading is enriching reading.
25. Direct your
life with purposeful choices, not with speed and efficiency.
The
best musician is one who plays with _expression_ and meaning, not the
one who finishes first.
26. Take a day off alone; make a retreat.
You can learn from monks and
hermits without becoming
one.
27. Pet a furry friend. You will give and get the gift of
now.
28. Work with your hands. It frees the mind.
29. Take
time to wonder. Without wonder, life is merely existence.
30. Sit
in the dark. It will teach you to see and hear, taste and
smell.
31. Once in a while, turn down the lights, the volume, the
throttle, the
invitations. Less really can be more.
32. Let
go. Nothing is usually the hardest thing to do - but often it is the
best.
33. Take a walk-but don't go anywhere. If you walk just
to get somewhere,
you sacrifice the walking.
34. Count your
friends. If you have one, you are lucky. If you have more,
you
are blessed. Bless them in return.
35. Count your blessings - one
at a time and slowly.
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