Changing perspectives...

 When an idea comes up and you believe it is a good one, you will try to do whatever it takes to prove you are right. In the past days I found out, thanks to Carlos Pardo, one of these good ideas. He is in charge of a foundation named Despacio. They promote the philosophy of  the ‘slow movement’ in Colombia which I can describe as an evolution of the Slow food movement that started twenty years ago in Italy as a response to the chains of fast food in the capital. 

Right now they want to apply this to the daily routine of each citizen by encouraging them to take things slowly to guarantee a better quality of life, and it does not mean to do things in a slow way on the contrary the goal is to achieve a more simple and focused life style to do more things and doing them well.   

Sometimes in one day there are many situations  that make people to be involved with speed but the main idea must be creating time for themselves, making an appointment with yourself and constantly questioning why you do what you do and how you're doing, this might help people taking things in a better and positive attitude.

At university especially in this one, it is really hard to stop, even for a minute because be in a hurry is one of the main characteristics here. What eventually turns into a problem in different areas like: health, because you will always be busy even for breakfast or rest well.

In this modern world that supposedly gets people who are far away closer, have a negative side because it also separates us from the ones that are beside. We have turned into "techno-dependents". It might sound silly but how many times in a day you have time to call someone you love or making a date with that old friend you haven't seen in a while because you always have an excuse (Skype, Whatsapp, Imessage or Facebook don't count).

That is what the slow movement want: taking a minute for things that are part of our vital cycle, improve personal relationships and focus more on quit creating excuses and actually do the things that have priority.

Have you ever thought that if we spend more time without our cell phone we could learn more, enjoy more and live more?

When was the last time you said I love you to the people around you?

Life is too short and no one knows what tomorrow brings or even if we are going to wake up alive to see it, so why don't we take advantage of today and enjoy our life with every single detail that is in front of us?

Let's apply this, let’s try to watch life with a different perspective with a more positive way and why not, smile! I'm sure there are a lot of reasons for it.

For more info about 'Despacio' visit : http://despacio.org/