Slow down...in your Relationships
Let's all slow down in relationships. What can we learn from the slow down movement? In our closest relationships, do we take time to enjoy each other, to have some fun or do we let the everyday demands of work and life get in the way? As a former emergency room nurse, I can’t help but think of the lives I’ve seen suddenly cut short. Do you ever stop and realize that one day your loved ones are going to die and have you told them lately what they mean to you? It’s so easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day petty little annoyances that exist in every relationship and forget to look at the big picture. Whatever your spiritual leaning happens to be, I think that we are put on this earth to love one another. Sometimes that’s easier said than done. But again, this is where slowing down helps. If you are always rushing, always doing, if you have no time to slow down, relax, be quiet and appreciate, it will be more difficult to achieve what we all want in relationships: to love and be loved.
Slow down in relationships means taking time to appreciate. Just slow down. How sad it would be if we left this earth without letting the people we love know how we feel. Take time now to slow down and go and tell someone how much you love them. Don’t expect anything in return. Right now, go ahead. Just do it. Slow down in relationships.