As a culture, we have a kind of grabbing and gulping mentality. We do more than eat on the run. We live on the run. We over-stuff our hours as well as our bellies. We lack quiet time and reflection. We lack appreciation for all of the things we rush through to get to the next thing. We ache with impatience. No matter how much we have, we cannot get our fill. We want and want and want. And when we receive what really matters, we don't recognize it. Grabbing at life, we often miss the things that come to us as blessings and salvation. Our attention is elsewhere. We miss flavors and textures and the pleasures of slow digestion. We chow down instead, on our emotions and experiences no less than our meals.
Let's back off and ease up. Let's savor each small step along the path and notice what's there. Let's taste and smell and see and hear with awareness and appreciation. This is the answer to pleasure; not
more of anything- not fuller days or bigger bank accounts- simply presence, and being who we are.
I stop rushing and savor my life.
