In the Flow: The Speed of Life, Part I

M.K. Gandhi said, "There is more to life than increasing its speed."  I think that one of the things Gandhi may be referring to is slowing down enough to listen.  Really listen.  "Slow down to listen to what?" you may ask.  My answer would be many voices and yet one voice:  That still, small voice within, or the same situation that presents itself over and over, or doors opening or closing, or what a child is saying with his/her behavior. 

Slowing down to the speed of life can mean slowing down enough to pull oneself out of autopilot--out of a routine, out of behaviors and ways of thinking that no longer work, out of reactions that create separation instead of unity.

Slowing down to the speed of life can mean waking up, being fully alive right now, knowing that in every moment resides that choice to be awake. I have found that what I need to  know is within me and also spoken through life all around me, if I'm paying attention. 

  

 Life is filled with miracles and magic, and unless you are listening and watching, even the miracles will be missed. 

 

 Here's a suggestion: take time today to slow down, and in those quiet moments, listen with an open heart.

 

Copyright, 2008, Mary Claire O'Neal

Author of the book, Becoming What You Want to See in the World. For more information:  maryclaireoneal.com

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