Slow Down and Breathe

Life moves fast…we’ve heard it before.  How do we capture more of this precious time?  I have a simple and free method.

Slow. Down. 

Breathe.

Take it all in.

By intentionally slowing our pace, slowing the speed at which our mind transacts, taking a moment, we can more fully experience whatever we are doing.  More fully experience the wonder of our children, more fully experience the impact of a great strategy at work, more fully experience the beauty around us. 

When was the last time you spent time observing all that is going on around you?  Hard to do when your mind is a flurry of activity. How often does your day fly by and you think – I have to just do it all again tomorrow?  It doesn’t have to be that way – and why would you want it to be that way?  How much of life is lost with this mindset?

Okay, so when things are going amazingly well, the to do list is manageable, the kids are getting along, the dinner is ready, the lunches are packed, things feel good – it’s easy to observe the goodness of the moment.  But what about when it’s not going so well?  

What if it’s life?  What if we remind ourselves that life is everything – the good, the bad and the beautiful and the ugly?  We can decide to observe everything for the miracle it is. 

You may think – easier said than done, but if you practice, anything can get “easier” or at least you can train yourself to flip the script.  What if, any time you get frustrated or irritated – a flag went up in your mind – Slow. Down.  What could that mean?  It could allow you to see things differently (my favorite when we’re hit with irritating/frustrating things).  I could allow us to observe what’s actually happening... 

Slowing down leaves space for infinite potential.

How do you want your precious life to go?  

Slow down and allow that to be.

I can't wait to see how things go for you!