Monday Motivating Moment

August 22, 2011

Your Weekly Attitude Booster

Slow Dance

I recently needed to be reminded of the point made in the poem below. Maybe this reminder will also be helpful for you.

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round
or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight, or gazed at
   the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask, "How are you?"
Do you hear the reply?
When the day is done, do you lie in your bed with the next
   hundred chores running through your head?
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

Ever told your child, "we'll do it tomorrow?"
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time to call and say, "Hi?"
You'd better slow down.
Don't dance so fast.
Time is short.
The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere, you miss half the
   fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
it is like an unopened gift... thrown away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
before the song is over.

      (Author unknown)

Affirmation for the Week:

"I will stop and listen to the music this week. I will take time to enjoy the dance."

Have a week committed to slowing down!

Mary Rau-Foster,

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