A quote from The Art of Stillness
goodreads.com
A quote from The Art of Stillness
In daily life, that means slowing down when it makes sense to do so.
Slow down and enjoy life. It’s not only the scenery you miss by going too fast—you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.
Now I’m trying really hard to slow down. Pay complete attention. Lately I’ve internalized there’s something so sacred about focus, rather than constantly deliberating between monitor screens and plans and side hustles. Depth rather than breadth. In a world that is increasingly accelerating — social media eyeballs and immediate gratification and a p
... See moreThis is the quiet art of living well. It does not demand that we abandon the world, but that we engage with it more mindfully. It asks that we slow down, that we look more closely, that we listen more carefully. For in doing so, we discover that much of what we seek—clarity, peace, even strength—was always within reach. It was simply waiting for us
... See more