Comments on: The Slow Movement http://foodforthought.nourishedmagazine.com.au/articles/the-slow-movement Let's talk about health and healing, the politics of health and medicine, and what is working and not working. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:10:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Erin http://foodforthought.nourishedmagazine.com.au/articles/the-slow-movement#comment-112 Erin Sat, 21 Apr 2007 19:10:17 +0000 http://foodforthought.nourishedmagazine.com.au/articles/the-slow-movement#comment-112 I love the rocks in a bottle visual. You take a bunch of pebbles (or sand) and put them into a bottle, then you try to fit a bunch of big rocks in (that would fit if they were in there all by themselves), and no matter what, you cannot get them in. Reverse that. Put the big rocks in first, then poor the small pebbles or sand in next. They both fit. The big rocks are the things that are most important in life (for me prayer, scripture, eating together as a family, reading together...), and the pebbles are everything else. When we do what is most important first, we often have time for all the other things (or they just don't seem as needed anymore). If we do it the other way around, the most important things just don't get done. Ah, I'm feeling the need for slowness.... I love the rocks in a bottle visual. You take a bunch of pebbles (or sand) and put them into a bottle, then you try to fit a bunch of big rocks in (that would fit if they were in there all by themselves), and no matter what, you cannot get them in. Reverse that. Put the big rocks in first, then poor the small pebbles or sand in next. They both fit.

The big rocks are the things that are most important in life (for me prayer, scripture, eating together as a family, reading together…), and the pebbles are everything else. When we do what is most important first, we often have time for all the other things (or they just don’t seem as needed anymore). If we do it the other way around, the most important things just don’t get done.

Ah, I’m feeling the need for slowness….

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