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You don't realize how fast paced your life is until you are forced to slow down.  Friday I found out that I sprained my ankle. So I have to wear a soft cast for two weeks and this ugly boot thing (at least its black so I can work with this fashion-wise). What I realized about myself over the last couple of days is that I walk incredibly fast and that I am always on the move. For some reason I am always in a rush and I don't really like to sit for extended periods of time. But now that I am forced to slow down I appreciate my feet all the more and I sympathize with those who have problems with their feet.

It is a bit (ok, A LOT!) frustrating because I can feel how much slower I am going and I find that when I've been standing/walking for awhile I need to find a seat quick and something to put my foot up on . But today as I was walking (slowly, lol) to my office I really got to see the beauty of the world that God created for us. I could feel the cool breeze on my skin, the sunshine on my face, I could smell and see the beautiful flowers and trees. Things I would ordinarily miss because I would be whizzing by. My mind racing as fast as my feet on all the things I would be trying to cram into my day.

In our lives how often are we breezing through it, whizzing passed those things God wants to show us and more often then not running right passed God because there are things more important than Him. We get so caught up in the things we feel are "necessary and important" we miss the things that truly are just that.

Thru this injury that at first seemed more like an annoyance than anything else, God today reminded me to just slow down and take in all that my life is and will be. Don't breeze thru it, enjoy it. Things will happen when they are supposed to. Don't be in a rush to get there. Enjoy the journey and trust the process.

Slow Down.
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