Slow living” has become a popular phrase in the last few years. It seems that there’s a new urge to resist the rat race and the culture of high-achievement in the work places of the western world. A global movement has been born: the Slow Life movement. It started with Carlo Petrini’s Slow Food movement, which seeks alternatives to fast food. But less speed is also seen as having value in other areas of life. Slow education and Slow sex are also being promoted. A less out-of-breath existence you might say!
Slow Life is not about working slower or living lazily. It simply means taking time for the things, which are of real importance.
Slow Life stands for taking sabbaticals for instance, time for friends and family, living with an awareness of the seasons, and taking time to dream and to allow for unexpected encounters. Equally it means not getting your knickers in a twist if you have to stand in the queue, or if the train is late!
So, make haste, make haste to join the Slow Movement!