Lately things have been slowing down here at the Ecovillage Training Center where I am living.
And I cant seem to adapt...I am addicted to quickness and check my emails, spin my wheels, and seem to stress myself out just so I can feel the familiar clinch of muscles in my shoulders...
like the hands of a loved one squeezing my shoulders with affection, my tenseness is like a security blanket reminding me I am working hard and doing something right...not lazy...nose to the grind stone...
Well now more than ever I am having a visceral experience of the NEED to slow down...enjoy this quiet time of reflection and contemplation. It is winter and there is no harvest to bring in...only the slow meditative process of planning a new year...
In honor of my need to slow down the universe seems to have sent me (via a friend) a TED talk reminding us of the importance of slow.
What Carl Honore is reporting about is as important of a trend as the P2P, opensource, powerhacking, permacultural revolution that is creeping into the world of international development.
Slow Food, Slow Money and Slow Trade all offer us a glimpse into a healthier world...and it starts with zone zero...
And I cant seem to adapt...I am addicted to quickness and check my emails, spin my wheels, and seem to stress myself out just so I can feel the familiar clinch of muscles in my shoulders...
like the hands of a loved one squeezing my shoulders with affection, my tenseness is like a security blanket reminding me I am working hard and doing something right...not lazy...nose to the grind stone...
Well now more than ever I am having a visceral experience of the NEED to slow down...enjoy this quiet time of reflection and contemplation. It is winter and there is no harvest to bring in...only the slow meditative process of planning a new year...
In honor of my need to slow down the universe seems to have sent me (via a friend) a TED talk reminding us of the importance of slow.
What Carl Honore is reporting about is as important of a trend as the P2P, opensource, powerhacking, permacultural revolution that is creeping into the world of international development.
Slow Food, Slow Money and Slow Trade all offer us a glimpse into a healthier world...and it starts with zone zero...
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