Tuesday, March 24, 2009

“So What’s Your Hurry?”

By Geneen Roth (Good Housekeeping, May 2008, pg. 153 excerpt)
Sound Advice:
Slow Down and Feed Your Soul

“When you rush and when you binge, you miss every ounce of available pleasure you could be having. You substitute cheap rushes of adrenaline and chasers of guilt for the real pleasure of living life on your terms. So here’s what I want you to do. I want you to move at what psychologist Marion Woodman calls “soul speed.” Human bodies and minds need calm and peace. It’s only at that pace that we can begin to listen to ourselves, and get to know yourselves in a way that leads to acceptance, kindness, and a desire to give ourselves what really nourishes us…Don’t rush through eating and don’t rush through your days. Savor the many tastes of your life.”

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