Your life is worth slowing down for

You know how it feels when you crave something decadent and take the first bite? You eat it slowly. You savor it. That’s how we should live our lives.. be slow enough to taste them. Because your life is worth slowing down for.

I’m saying this as a woman who has burned food while answering emails, fried my adrenals while trying to “multitask” and juggle too many things at once. I know speed. I know hurry. I know the false pride that comes from thinking that productivity makes you feel holy for being exhausted.

But nothing truly good is meant to be inhaled in one big gulp.

Think about the good stuff.

Dark chocolate that you break into squares.

Bread that needs to rise.

The first spoonful of your favorite ice cream.

These are often moments we don’t rush.

But somewhere along the way, we decided faster was better.

Faster was needed.

Faster was success.

We started to treat moments meant to be savored like an emergency.

We started to treat life like a race to the finish line.

Being a mom has taught me that the things that matter the most resist being hurried.

You cannot rush a child into feeling safe.

You sit with them through it.

You cannot speed up grief.

You cannot microwave wisdom.

Wisdom, the deepest wisdom, shows up when you’ve lived long enough to regret saying yes too quickly and learn the power of a solid no.

Slowing down is an act of faith.

It says, “I trust in God’s timing. What’s meant for me will not miss me.”

When you slow down, you begin to notice things you’ve been missing: the way your child’s laugh changes as they grow, the clearer ways they pronounce their words, the depth of their facial expressions, the warmth of their little hands wrapped around your legs.

Slowing down doesn’t mean you stop showing up. It means you show up fully. It means dinner can be simple and conversation can be rich. It means your prayers don’t have to be eloquent; they just have to be honest. It means you stop treating rest like a reward and start treating it like obedience.

The world will not applaud you for this.

Hustle gets the standing ovation.

But rest is what we need.

So take the long way home once in a while. Let the email wait. Sit on the edge of your bed and breathe before you charge into the day. Stick your hands out the window and filter the air on your drive. Go marvel in a sunset. Watch the waves. Read the same verse twice. Chew your food until it’s completely broken down before you swallow. Drink something hot. Hold your people a second longer than necessary.

You are not behind.
You are not late.
You are not wasting time.

You are living a life God deemed worthy of care, attention, and tenderness.

And like anything truly decadent, it deserves to be savored.

Your life is so worth slowing down for.

It’s a practice but one worth showing up for daily.

Warmly,