The Story Within Our Soul

"Slow" and "down" are modes of the soul; they are connective modes, ways of keeping connected

to oneself and to one's environment. "Slowing downwards" refers to more than simply moving slowly, it meand growing down toward the roots of one's being. Instead of outward growth and upward climb, like at times must turn inward and downward in order to grow in other ways. There is a shift to the verticl down that re-turns us to root memories, root metaphors, and timeless things that shapr our live from within. Slowing downwards creates opportunities to dwell more deeply in one's life, for the home we are looking for in this world is within us all along. The lost home that we are seeking is ourselves;

it is the story we carry within our soul.

Michael Meade