Change Your Pace
change of pace
All of us have experienced at one time or another feeling of renewal that comes from a change of pace. We maybe walking or driving along slowly and some things happen that makes as speed up. New sensations occur; new thoughts across the mind. We become more alert, or we have been walking breathlessly beyond our pace there is a felling of relief, even repose in slowing down.
The pace that kills is the pace that never changes; frequent changes of pace will keep us from tedium on one hand or apoplexy on the other.
For most of us change of pace means slowing down, but in many activities we should speed up, we may walk and talk too fast but think and worked slowly.
I have a nephew whose slowness is the despair of his teachers, not to mention his kin. At the age of nine he gets his worked done in his own good time. The other morning his mother suggested with wisdom that he write a letter before going to school. His other letters had taken as much as a day, off and on to compose. In this case, his time was limited in 20 minutes in which to write his grandmother everything he could think of. The result was the best letter he had ever done. It was the change of pace that did it, by putting emphasis upon the preciousness of time and the importance of using it to maximum effect.
On the other hand, on the busy days try slowing down instead of speeding up. Linger over breakfast; pretend that you have a lifetime for the many things which must be crowded in before night. Live at slow motion. Instead of racing, make yourself stroll and, paradoxically. When evening comes you will have actually done more work than if you had pushed yourself.
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