This is a practice of responding to burnout, which manifests as the feeling of exhaustion, drained and hitting our limits physically and emotionally, due to prolonged stress or lack of balance. The invitation is to slow down, honoring the present moment.
You Better Slow Down (extract), by David Weatherford
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,
or listened to rain slapping the ground?
You better slow down, don’t dance so fast,
time is short, the music won’t last.
Do you run through each day on the fly,
when you ask “How are you?”, do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed,
with the next hundred chores running through your head
When you run so fast to get somewhere,
you miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
it’s like an unopened gift thrown away.
Life isn’t a race, so take it slower,
hear the music before your song is over.
Guide: Noelle Lim
Image credit: Natalia Nikolaiev, Unsplash
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