Savoring: In Praise of Slow
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By Positive Psychology News Daily
Published on 01/5/2010
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave. "The aim of life is appreciation." - GK Chesterton. When I was a kid, summers were always long, lazy, languid. Time seemed almost to stand still. Contrast that with how I feel today: Always in a rush… The problem, as fans of the Slow Movement would have it, is that we’re all addicted to speed (the temporal eight-days-a-week variety that is, as opposed to the chemical, mind-altering kind), and that is the fault of our unremitting obsession with consumerism. The importance of the Slow Movement philosophy is its emphasis on
savoring the good life and making the most of what we already have.
By Bridget Grenville-Cleave. "The aim of life is appreciation." - GK Chesterton. When I was a kid, summers were always long, lazy, languid. Time seemed almost to stand still. Contrast that with how I feel today: Always in a rush… The problem, as fans of the Slow Movement would have it, is that we’re all addicted to speed (the temporal eight-days-a-week variety that is, as opposed to the chemical, mind-altering kind), and that is the fault of our unremitting obsession with consumerism. The importance of the Slow Movement philosophy is its emphasis on
savoring the good life and making the most of what we already have.