Slowing down is an important spiritual discipline, especially in our speeded-up modern living and working contexts. Hurry makes for tension, insecurity, inefficiency, and superficial living. To guard against hurry through the day, start the day early and simplify your life so that you do not try to fill your time with more than you can do. . . .

It is important here not to confuse slowness with sloth, which breeds carelessness, procrastination, and general inefficiency. In slowing down we should attend meticulously to details, giving our very best even to the smallest undertaking.

Eknath Easwaran, Your Life Is Your Message