Monday Meditation

Dear Substack Community: I have taken my time today to write the Monday Meditation. I have taken this time to model my daily rhythm of poco a poco. Little by little we make the. necessary moves against destructiveness. I hope you enjoy this short piece of writing. Remember, it’s not what you believe, it is how you live out your beliefs…

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Monday Meditation | Poco a Poco: The Wisdom of Slow Becoming

This morning I’m moving slowly—poco a poco—little by little.

It’s not a delay, not a failure of motivation.

It’s a rhythm. A remembering.

A reclaiming of time from the urgency of empire.

In the wisdom economy, slowness is sacred.

It is not laziness—it is presence.

It’s what The Nap Ministry teaches us: rest is not a luxury, but resistance.

To rest is to interrupt the grind culture that says our worth is in what we produce.

To move poco a poco is to remember we are human—not machines.

In Latine traditions, we have a way of naming this sacred rhythm: lo cotidiano—the everyday.

It is the theology of the ordinary. The holiness of the kitchen table. The sermon preached in folded laundry, shared coffee, the way sunlight hits the floor at just the right angle.

Lo cotidiano teaches us that transformation doesn’t always come in thunderclaps.

Sometimes, it comes through repetition. Through tending. Through a slowness that honors the story unfolding inside us.

This, too, is narrative intelligence—learning to trust the wisdom of small movements.

Listening to the quiet places in our lives where the Spirit still whispers.

Honoring that what’s happening on the surface is only part of the story.

So today, I’m breathing with the truth that healing happens poco a poco.

Liberation, too.

We’re not behind. We’re becoming.

Bit by bit, we are remembering who we are.

And even that remembering is slow.

Sacred.

Enough.

So wherever you are in your story—whether you’re resting, aching, blooming, or just getting by—know this:

You don’t have to rush to be real.

You don’t have to be finished to be faithful.

The Spirit moves poco a poco.

And so can we.