Thursdays With Linda: Slow-Down…

I am very stressed about work at the moment with a certification audit coming up next week…

So I’m sharing a book I received from a fellow co worker several years ago…

And trying to follow my own advice over the next week…

Slow-Down Therapy by Linus Mundy

1. Slow Down; God is still in heaven. You are not responsible for doing it all-yourself-right now.

2. Remember a happy, peaceful time in your past. Rest there. Each moment has a richness that takes a lifetime to savor.

3. Set your own pace. When someone is pushing you, it’s OK to tell them they’re pushing.

4. Take nothing for granted: watch water flow, the corn grow, the leaves blow, your neighbor mow.

5. Taste your food. God gives it to delight as well as to nourish.

6. Notice the sun and the moon as they rise and set. They are remarkable for their steady pattern of movement, not their speed.

7. Quit planning how you’re going to use what you know, learn, or posses. God’s gifts just are; by grateful and their purpose will be clear.

8. When you talk with someone, don’t think about what you’ll say next. Thoughts will spring up naturally if you let them.

9. Talk and play with children. It will bring out the unhurried little person inside you.

10. Create a place in your home… at your work… in our heart… where you can go for quiet and recollection. You deserve it.

11. Allow yourself time to be lazy and unproductive. Rest isn’t a luxury; it’s a necessity.

12. Listen to the wind blow. It carries a message of yesterday and tomorrow-and now. Now counts.

13. Rest on your laurels. They bring comfort whatever their size, age, or condition.

14. Talk slower. Talk less. Don’t talk. Communication isn’t measured by words.

15. Give yourself permission to be late sometimes. Life is for living, not scheduling.

16. Listen to the song of a bird-the complete song. Music and nature are gifts, but only if you are willing to receive them.

17. Take time just to think. Action is good and necessary, but it’s fruitful only if we muse, ponder, and mull.

18. Make time to play-the things you like to do. Whatever your age, your inner child needs re-creation.

To Be Continued…

Happy Slow Down…