Slow is sexy
According to an article on Reuters, women find well-mannered men more attractive. There is a new guide to chivalry for men from Debrett’s, the British arbiter of taste.
Speed leads to impatience and rudeness. I want a more civilized world, a world in which manners, consideration for others, and politeness count.
I admit that this SLOW DOWN NOW thing is an ideal. I found myself in the morally reprehensible state of multi-tasking the other day. Sometimes life gets the better of you. But at least I know to be slow.
A slow lifestyle is more polite. Do you rush to go through a door first, or slow down, and take time to stand aside and let someone else go through? Do you let other cars in front of you when driving? When I do this, I often get a friendly wave.
What may be sexy about slow is that it makes time to be considerate of others.
Trying to do too much is the culprit. If I’m thinking of things I must do, I’m not even present. Impatience adds to the sum of minor frustrations that builds up into full-blown grumpiness. The good news is slowing down helps nip grumpiness in the bud.
Look around. You can see the furrowed brow everywhere.
If we are going to treat each other better, we need to slow down. After all, the slow movement is about being more considerate and civilized. Slow down and be more attractive. It seems like a sound idea, but it’s easier said than done.
Don’t you think so?
I love this blog. I am so overwhelmed by blogs that update every darned day. It is just too much info overload.
But this blog updates in a reasonable way, so that I am excited to read what you have to say.
Keep up the great work! (Take your time about it, though. *smile)
Thank you. This is a slow blog after all. There is no point in overdoing it. That would be too much, and too much is more than enough of anything.
I work in one of the busiest cities in the UK. The furrowed brows are indeed manifold! Especially in the most rushy of situations when people are shoving & shunting & almost throwing other people out of the way to get on the train. Everyone likes to sit down, but the rudeness of modern society is focused into an intense miasma at the doors to the train. C’mon, guys & gals, be more polite! Let someone in before you, smile, realise that the positive benefits of being *nice* outweigh those of getting to sit down for 5 or 10 minutes! (and on the particular train journey to which I refer, it does tend to start emptying and free