The Slow Movement

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For fast acting relief, try slowing down.
                    ~ Lily Tomlin, Comedienne

Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.
                    ~ Mae West, Actress

We are living the fast life, instead of the good life.
                    ~ Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slowness

The Slow Movement is a term describing a wide range of efforts taking place around the world that seek to connect us more meaningfully with others, with place, and with ourselves. It emerged as an effort to counteract the fast–paced, commodity–focused, unbalanced, and impersonal nature of much of modern human culture. The main tenant of the Slow Movement is that by taking the appropriate amount of time to experience the various activities of our lives, we are able to get in touch with what is deeply satisfying and fulfilling. 

We live a fast paced lifestyle, people used to be so much more connected to their families and to their surroundings, now we don't have time to make theses connections and we still crave them. We try to pack as much as we can into life, rushing around, using cars and trains instead of walking, wolfing our food down instead of taking time to cook and enjoy it, not having the time to enjoy the outside world and take inspiration from it,

I want to give people the opportunity to enjoy their surroundings in nature if only for a short period of time, but hopefully this will enable people to think more about taking some time to life a little slower.