To live slowly' we don't need to withdraw from the fascinating life around us. In fact, the opposite is true. By deliberately taking time to see, touch, hear, taste, and smell, we come into our own presence and realize that every living being speaks of silent presence. To live slowly is to catch up with ourselves, to pray in the time-frame of a plant, to bless the life in the food on our plate, to hear the story afresh as the hare looks for a re-match against the tortoise. Here is a wake-up call as we sleepwalk our way through life. show more