Last year we were gifted a most remarkable book. I have tried to refrain from using quotes from it but this is too beautiful not to share.
"....that slowness remembers and hurry forgets; that softness remembers and hardness forgets; that surrender remembers and fear forgets."
Mark Nepo from The Book of Awakening
This past year I discovered that both my husband and my pets are helping me to slow down. He decidedly walks slowly and thoughtfully. When I am behind him trying to get somewhere in a hurry, I do go more slowly. And both our cat and our dog always seem to be in the path I have chosen to walk.
I now recall that my resolution for 2013 was to learn to slow down. And I did pretty well. Consequently, I have not sprained an ankle or bumped a shinbone. I have also given up my beloved 25 year old Birkenstocks with the shiny, slippery soles!
I am now trying to make a new resolution and it's a bit scary, because I am pretty sure I will get what I ask for!
Namaste-
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