Slowing down is good for so many things: appreciating art in the gallery, driving safer and reading Albert Camus. It is perfect for final steps to the snowy summit, making love and perfecting your creme anglaise. Slowing down helps you re-connect with the rhythm of the natural world which helps you feel grounded in the world of the electron ever tugging at you to accelerate you to the speed of light. Slowing down allows you to feel not just see the stroke of the brush on the canvas, the saw through the wood and the startled boar high in the mountains. Surprisingly, slowing down is being fully alive. Speeding up is missing all the fun.