Walk Slowly
Without haste.
Hurrying in the cold morning air.
One day, crossing the field outside the village, with a wide view of sky, I saw geese against pink dawn.
I see the picture only in my mind’s eye, for I hurried on.
If that was not enough to arrest my march, what is?
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Crossing the same field today, bitter morning with the same sky, let me walk slowly and experience each moment fully, even the cold.
– from the mountain
Consider:
Can I slow down today?
Reading:
“Learn about a pine tree from a pine tree, and about a bamboo plant from a bamboo plant.” — Matsuo Bashō
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“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” — William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene III
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“Be still, and know that I am God.” — Psalm 46:10 (KJV)
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