{"id":910,"date":"2013-05-06T16:46:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T14:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/?p=910"},"modified":"2013-05-06T17:11:13","modified_gmt":"2013-05-06T15:11:13","slug":"slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2013\/05\/slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow down"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-911\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"table mountain panorama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/table-mountain-panorama-1024x373.jpg\" alt=\"table mountain panorama\" width=\"584\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/table-mountain-panorama-1024x373.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/table-mountain-panorama-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/table-mountain-panorama-500x182.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/table-mountain-panorama.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-920\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" title=\"gordons bay sunset panorama\" src=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay-sunset-panorama1-1024x220.jpg\" alt=\"gordons bay sunset panorama\" width=\"584\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay-sunset-panorama1-1024x220.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay-sunset-panorama1-300x64.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay-sunset-panorama1-500x107.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/gordons-bay-sunset-panorama1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Life has a wonderful way of bringing us what we ask for, although sometimes not really in the way we may expect it. It is amazing just how much power we have with our thoughts and words. We need to use them with care.<\/p>\n<p>I have been reminding myself to slow down over the last week as I was hearing my body asking me to go a little slower. I was attempting to, but wasn\u2019t quite getting there yet.<\/p>\n<p>Well, the universe jumped in and helped me out yesterday. Or tripped me up a little \ud83d\ude42 and I had a small fall. Just life! I am feeling bruised and sore today, but I am ok. I am extremely <a title=\"Inspired gratefulness\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2013\/04\/gratefulness\/\">grateful<\/a> as my angels were working overtime and taking care of me.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Breathe in. Breathe out. Be calm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I did get the message loud and clear though. I need to pace myself a little better. And so I am doing just that! This also ties in nicely with one of <a title=\"My words for 2013\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2013\/04\/words2013\/\">my words for 2013<\/a>. Stillness. So I will take time to be with the things that inspire me, like a gorgeous <a title=\"African sunsets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2013\/04\/africansunsets\/\">African sunset<\/a> or \u2018my\u2019 Table Mountain.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In. Out. Calm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was made aware again of how I need to be more careful about what I ask for and how I use my words. They carry such incredible power. Sir Lawrence Olivier reminds us of this in his rendition of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eWXAiLy786A&amp;noredirect=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-video-0\" target=\"_blank\">Time<\/a>. Take a moment to listen to it. It is simply beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Have you had any similar experiences where life has helped you out when you needed it?<\/p>\n<p><em>simply sharing, Delicia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Life has a wonderful way of bringing us what we ask for, although sometimes not really in the way we may expect it. It is amazing just how much power we have with our thoughts and words. We need &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/2013\/05\/slowdown\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,9,17,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=910"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":929,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/910\/revisions\/929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/soulsister.co.za\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}