Fast is Slow. Slow is Fast.
I've started to appreciate the hidden power of the slow-moving life.
About a year ago, I noticed how frantic my work life was. I was putting so much effort into moving quickly in my work but making very little progress.
I was like a fly that buzzes in circles and zig-zags, moving very fast, expending a lot of energy, but never making it very far from where it began.
As a result, I was constantly exhausted. Overworking myself and seeing little to no results. I was frustrated. Ashamed. Confused.
When I began to step back and recognize what was going on, I realized that the solution was not more effort or greater speed, but a slowing-down and return to simplicity.
When we slow down, we're able to see the next obvious step on our path, and so avoid 999 possible missteps. Moving slowly, we can travel a straight line toward our destination, instead of a frantic zig-zag through space.
Rush to start a career before you're ready, and you end up wasting years, or decades, of your life going in the wrong direction.
Cut corners laying your foundations—whether in building a house or beginning a spiritual practice—and what you build will crack and crumble, forcing you to start over later. Losing more time than if you had gone slowly at first.
Instead of rushing off to chase fads and shiny opportunities—wild goose chases of a mind in crisis—the man or woman who sits in stillness is able to hear the true calling of the heart. And when he or she hears it, they can get up and calmly walk in that direction.
This is an excerpt from a much longer piece on the wisdom of slowing down. Continue reading at this link:
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Daniel