Favorite Inspirational Quotes

It used to seem to me that my life went on too fast. So I had to take it slowly just to make the good parts last.

Steve Winwood

It’s a cliche that our world seems to be moving ever faster. Information comes to us at lightning speed and we all suffer overwhelm. There is some form of media that seems to demand our attention at every step. If you have school age children, it seems there is always some event, be it school, sports or what have you, that is requiring you to go, be there and do that.

Our jobs can require hours of overtime and many bring work home. Whew! One day you are just graduating from college and it seems like the next you are looking at retirement. The years go by faster and faster.

But what if we start living in the now and looking at what makes this moment something to savor? What if we are mindful about whatever we are doing now as the Zen monks practice?

Maybe by asking ourselves questions about what is good or great right now and what we are grateful for right now, it will help us focus on the good parts. Then, just maybe, those good parts will last.

By taking the time and effort to ask such questions, we change our focus from the hurry around us and turn it to the good we can see right now. And just that shift in focus can make it seem that we have slowed and that our world is not moving quite so fast as before.

Take time to savor the moment, especially those moments with your children and as you work your way up the corporate ladder. Take time to realize what is great about right now.

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