One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life.... if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress"

Viggo Mortenson

The mind was never designed to think in ten places at once.

Life happens one moment at the time.

One decision at a time.

The older you get, the more you notice that the happiest people are the ones who have slowed down to pay attention to now.

They listen fully.

They eat without rushing.

They notice things.

The small details everyone else races past.

They understand something important.

Life is not an obstacle course standing between you and some future destination.

Life is the thing you are rushing through.

That ordinary cup of coffee.

That walk home.

Those are not interruptions to life.

They are life.

People spend decades sprinting toward tomorrow.

Then suddenly discover tomorrow arrived years ago.

That childeren grew up.

That parents grew old.

And they were moving too fast to notice.

Which brings us to today's lesson.

Your life is too valuable to rush through.

Take care with your work.

Take care with your attention.

The goal is not to race through life as quickly as possible.

It's the reverse.

The goal is to experience each moment as fully as possible.

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