Slow-Motion
Slow... Slow... Slow... It’s enough of rushing life too much. We are living in an era which seemingly confuses pace of growth to success. Nowadays, the world is moving in a rapid pace. Unlike previous generations, our generation is flooded with choices to keep us entertained but doubt if these are sufficient enough to sustain our excitement. When things are moving too fast, it becomes difficult to pay close attention and there are chances of missing out on details. All we need is something to efficiently explain the benefits of slowing down.
Let us consider the impact of ‘slow-motion’ and wide shots in videos. Despite the changes, the ‘slow-motion’ style is still enjoyed by many people irrespective of their age opposing to the fast and jerky shots. This shows us the true impact of slowing down on things. Slowly conceived videos have a better impact over our minds as they offer a relaxed timeframe to be immersed to the screen. On the other hand, the widely shot ones help us in gaining an overall view of the scenario by not limiting our focus on specific things.
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Similarly, when we try to cascade the same principles onto our lives it would give us a better clarity on the things that otherwise go unnoticed. Slowing down on our lives will make us truly realize our priorities giving us an idea on which things to focus. Observing things from a distance will give us a holistic view of the entire situation. Understanding of life would began to change if we are able to look at things in a relaxed pace and from a distance.
To look at it from a different perspective, slowness actually enhances our life expectancy which is evident by nature. For better understanding of the same, let us consider the scenario of a rabbit and tortoise. Though there is an already known story of slow winning the race, we shall not touch upon it. Rather there is another interesting observation connecting these two animals beyond the story. Average life span of rabbits translates to roughly 10 years whereas the average lifespan of tortoise is close to over 150 years. It clearly explains the adversity of speed defining our lifespan.
Imposing the same onto our lives, we can understand it is sometimes better to take things slowly rather than rushing them. Anyways, the quality of life tends to remain the same if not better. In general, slow moving action awakens our natural human conscience as opposed to induced stress of observing faster actions. Unless and until there is an unavoidable circumstance to pace up things, it is better to take it slow in order to sustain the excitement.
Excitement is a phenomenon often associated with waiting for someone or something. When things are moving too fast, this necessity to wait dies thereby losing the need to feel excited. Interest on life substantially decreases as we begin to lose our excitement. To feel excited is to feel alive for which we must learn to apply the technique of ‘slow-motion’ onto our daily lives. By doing so, we will get a better focus. In turn, this focus will help us in directing our efforts to the right things.
