Sunday, October 10, 2010

absolutely nothing

Weekends are most preferred when they are about nothing.....thus welcome to my world of chilling ....we live in such a fast paced life that for some reason even on weekends we are in some strange kind of hurry...hurry to catch up with friends , hurry to get to a place , hurry to socialize, hurry to catch a film , hurry go to the garden.. Hurry to seize every free moment...... for the things which i can easily do in leisure or not do them at all!
The situation really resonates with W H Davis lines ..."What is this life full of care..we have no time to stand and stare".
I was just sitting back today and relaxing and i REALIZED there was nowhere I HAD to be, nothing concrete to do, no tasks which I could not postpone to later :), I could getaway by doing absolutely nothing - no hurry and no pressure. Post this thought I got uncomfortable and started thinking I am sure I can spend time doing activities which I never have time for ! That is something I should really do when I have absolutely nothing to do. Then it struck me what an incorrigible workaholic I have become. Time to mentally prepare yourself for leisure !

Leisure - W. H. Davies
WHAT is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare?—

No time to stand beneath the boughs,
And stare as long as sheep and cows:

No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass:

No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night:

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance:

No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

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