Slow Down

Slow down:

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Slow down.

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Stop.

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Breathe.

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Be where you are.

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Not where you want to be.

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There is no tomorrow.

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There is no yesterday.

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There is only now.

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Today.

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This moment.

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We always try to be somewhere else.

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In a non-existent future.

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Or in a troubled past.

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But what about now?

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What about where we are?

What about this moment?

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Don’t miss your life.

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Most of us do.

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Moving from one thing to the next.

Never stopping to appreciate where we are.

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Where we’ve been.

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We usually do that when we’re older.

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By then we’ve missed our life.

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We’ve missed the moments with family.

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With friends.

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With colleagues.

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All gone.

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Next time you’re laughing, look around you.

Where are you?

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Who are you with?

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What are you wearing?

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What’s the room look like?

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Focus on that.

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Focus on being there.

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Happened to me a few times llast year.

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Where I stopped and noticed where I was.

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One was dancing with my family before a wedding in India.

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Another was watching sharks swim underneath me in the Bahamas.

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Last was singing a decade-old song with my friend in a hotel room.

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All moments I had to remember.

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This is it.

This is what I was chasing.

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Being there.

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Being present.

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Learning to enjoy the great moments in your life.

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No matter good or bad, all moments are gone.

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Learn to savour them while it’s happening.

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If it’s good, great.

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If it’s bad, it’s a learning experience.

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Learn to savour them all.

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You don’t know how long you have on this planet.

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None of us do.

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So enjoy it while it’s here.

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Learn to be here.

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Learn to be present.

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Learn to be slower.

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Slow down.

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