Slowing down

Parisians pour through the subway and bustle about like New Yorkers, and we’ve spoken to more than a few who work several jobs to make ends meet.

But even in this urban drumbeat, there’s a general ethos of “savoring”—stopping in a nearby park on a warm afternoon, letting your feet dangle over the Seine, pursuing the many bookstores with coffee cups clanking in the adjoining cafe, beginning dinner as the summer light wanes over golden cathedral spires. Or writing this post from a velvet covered chair in an upstairs room at Shakespeare and Company in the early evening.

A spark of Shabbat and mindful savoring amidst a world that can sometimes feel as if it’s spinning faster than light.

May we remember to pause and savor wherever we are…