We need to slow down, to embrace the little things. Blur your vision while you enjoy the small things, the fine details. I been slowing down lately, after having experienced the 4x5 camera, I've been taking my time on everything now, even my eating! The digital age has made us selfish to get results of everything, faster and better. It is slowly killing us faster than we normally kill ourselves. We think we can survive on less sleep so we can work for longer hours. I've been trying my best to go to bed at an actual reasonable hour lately, midnight is reasonable for me. It might not be for you, but I'm used to 4-5 hours of sleep a night, so 7 hours is a good start to a better life.
I challenge you all to take your time with everything. To just slow down, it was hard to do it originally but now my body's gotten much more used to it. This does not mean to be lazy, but to recognize god's beauty all around. Me and my friend
celine took a few pictures of a bush yesterday for over 15 minutes. It was a bush like any other bush around there, but we just slowed ourselves down (I slowed her down without telling her, complete success, she didn't have a clue, although she probably just thought I do this all the time although I don't) and saw things we would of never noticed otherwise. Like a single strand of some stranger's hair which was intertwined in the bush and covered with frost, it camouflaged almost perfectly within the branches although it blew in the small breezes.
(This next part does apply mostly to myself and the lesson's i've learned but it's good to just try these things out)
So slow down, embrace time, the little things. Really taste food that than gobble it down, if that means you can't talk with the person your eating with than so be it. Silence is golden, take it when you can because we don't get nearly enough in our lives. Enjoy music for the suttleness of the lyrics and sounds rather than just having it on in the background. Pray more, but also listen more, to God and your friends, because it's not always about you. Explore new places and stumble upon little city getaway's, but never run away from reality. Never hide (unless your playing hide and seek) who you are, but believe in yourself and who you are. Don't let the worry of people judging you determine who you are because it will control who you will be, your real friends will and always will love and accept you for who you are, not someone your not. Don't live your life in a lie, you are only lying to yourself. Learn how to say no and if friends offer to go out of the way for you to learn to accept their gratitude. Never make assumptions about friends if the info isn't from the source. Always be open to new ideas, change happens and you can do nothing to stop it, accept it. Never play with another person's heart, but also don't let someone play with your heart, if you are having that happen to you, get out now. If it's not going to work now don't let it go on for any longer, you'll only get hurt more. Don't be afraid to try new things, you may find a new love. Love the unloved and love unconditionally. Remember that God and your parents will (or at least should) love you no matter what and most importantly that agape
needs no reason. No matter what you do you can be forgiven and be cleansed of all your shame.
