A Slower Urgency • Writings – Bayo Akomolafe
In contemporary society, our adversary majors in three things: noise, hurry, and crowds.
~Richard Foster
These slowdown practices must be justified by something beyond themselves.
Andrew Root • The Congregation in a Secular Age (Ministry in a Secular Age Book #3): Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
We have to give up. You surrender to the reality that things just take the time they take, and that you can’t quiet your anxieties by working faster, because it isn’t within your power to force reality’s pace as much as you feel you need to, and because the faster you go, the faster you’ll feel you need to go.
Oliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Slow down: Desynchronize from standard time frames and surprising opportunities may present themselves.