“When you t ake a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” ~Georgia O'Keeffe
Lately I've been having to remind myself to slow down. I can easily work myself into a frenzy trying to get everything done at the same time. Again, that's not the kind of life I want to live. So when I stumbled across this Washington Post article Pearls Before Breakfast, I got back in my take it easy groove. Turns out this has been the most emailed article for the week and rightly so. It's a long read but worth it.....about how the Post did their own experiment. They planted a world-class violinist Josh Bell in a Metro station at the height of the morning rush hour and had him play some of the best classical music pieces ever written to see what effect he had on people. Did he draw a crowd? Did anyone slow down. Read on. Really--take a quiet moment to read.
One part of the article that particularly struck me was this line: "Every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch. And every single time, a parent scooted the kid away."
Wow! How many times have I been guilty of rushing Rhyan past the simple pleasure of watching a spider weave a intricate web or replied with an empty "uh huh" when he asks another why question.
Lord, help me to slow down and see the beauty in my everyday life and hear the melody of Your Word humming gently in my heart.
