{just a beat or two} today.

It will be tempting to move too fast today. 

Too quickly.

You have a schedule to keep 

and things to do, right?

But still…

what if in the busyness 

you were, well, 

still?

Just a bit. Just a moment. 

Maybe the pace could slow by a beat or two.

Just long enough for you to notice something 

that you might not if you were moving 

too fast.

If we moved more slowly

we might notice

the things and people around us 

just a little bit more. 

The stranger who holds the door for us. 

The uniqueness of the winter landscape.

The helper that gives you his or her very best.

The beauty of the path that we're traveling. 

Together.

Maybe this day,

this Monday,

you and I could 

notice more,

appreciate more, 

be connected more,

simply by slowing down 

just a beat or two. 

God says, 

Be still and know that I am God. 

I will be praised in all the nations;

    I will be praised throughout the earth.

~Psalm 46:10

Many blessings,

Deni