Contemplating snails

Truth: I like taking things slowly. Sometimes savoring the moment is the most important part of the moment.

Things I like to take slowly:

Relationships- They often need time to bloom and grow. I'm not saying you should make friends with snails and turtles, but if you talk about everything under the sun in one sitting, then what do you do? Sometimes a paced relationship is a strong relationship.

Shopping- If you remember, I have a really hard time picking things out at the store. Maybe it's the amount of choices in this world, but, really, it's probably just me. I spent three and a half hours at Smith's Marketplace today. And guess what: I liked it. I got to try on a gazillion clothes in rounds, repeatedly filling up the dressing room wall hooks. I got to pick things up, put them back and then pick them up again. Because nobody was there to stop me. Yeehaw!

Reading important documents- If I know that what I'm reading is important, I usually reread and contemplate the words a lot. To study rather than simply read once through. This mostly applies to scripture reading and (most) homework readings.

Packing- You can't be forgetting things. You have to set your suitcase out in a favored walkway, then every time you walk by, drop the occasional item inside. It's a process.

Being outside- Seriously. Outside is so cool. There's the vast sky, always stretching out wide, just for you; the blazing, giving sun; an always changing yet constant moon that makes finger and toe nail shapes look glamorous; animals and bugs galore, where there are always more to find and notice; and trees, oh trees, that smell fresh and stroke the world with fresh breaths. I love being outside. There is so much air to breathe in and so much to behold.

Just as the anticipation for something is sometimes more exciting than the actual event, or how dread ends up being worse than the actual dreaded thing, there is something interesting about slowing the world down to contemplate. You get an entirely different experience that way. Maybe I should hang out with snails. I could play with my friend snail's retractable eyes all day long.