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Less is definitely more, in the case of doing nothing.

On Lost last night, one of the character's flashbacks puts him in a monastery. We came to him at the end of his vow of silence.

I so envied his cell? cloister? with the stark minimum required for living! I want some nothingness.

Too much thinking time for me. Finds work for idle hands and all that. Get out there - fire up the grill and crack open a beer :)

You're on to something. The past several years I've taken a few days each summer to retreat to the mountains of North Central New Mexico. A friend lets me use her cabin, that is at the end of the road and relatively isolated. I go with the express intent of doing nothing. I usually take some reading and writing materials so I can pretend to have something to do. I started out only being able to do nothing for a few hours, now I can do around four days. I sit on the small screened in porch and watch the world go by - watch the hummingbirds, listen to the rain on the tin roof - it's very relaxing. It's also not easy, but I'm getting there.
During the rest of the year, at least four nights a week, I try to spend an hour or so on my back patio, late in the evening, contemplating the star filled sky. It's also a good time for a decent cigar and a glass of wine. As long as the temps. above 40, it works well. There is much to be said for gazing into the vast out there. Keep working on it, you'll find it more alluring.

Shalom,
WP

I used to be a 'doer' from dawn to dusk (new support group needed?) Then severe injuries from a vehicle accident forced me to spend months resting as my body recovered. I filled some of that time with reading/movies/etc. but I also spent hours just ‘being’. I have concluded that our whole beings – physical/mental/emotional/spiritual – function best if we give ourselves the freedom to simply be from time to time. Now three years later, I still choose to make that a priority in my life.
The glass of wine outdoors each evening is also one of my favorite ways of doing nothing!

I'm still processing this - I'm going to read it again - but I like this a lot. There is truth in this. Thanks for posting it.

Someoneś been reading Ishmael, methinks.

Sampson

Ah! Il dolce far niente! (How sweet to do nothing!)

D. Young
Quaker_Lady