When I was young, a top forty tune by the Statler Brothers glamorized the art of doing nothing:
Countin' flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do
Captain Kangaroo is a memory, but otherwise cultivating quietude is a lesson we’re re-learning lately. With so much in lockdown and quarantine, what shall we do?
The answer is to adorn time. Listen to music. Read a book. Watch the birds. Take a walk and look for signs of spring. With church services cancelled, create a bit of sabbath in your daily routines: focus on being rather than doing.
Covid-19 is here and, as individuals, there is much we must simply accept. With luck and lots of hand washing, we’ll be okay. In the interim, make friends with yourself and remember …
Don’t just do something. Sit there.
Countin' flowers on the wall
That don't bother me at all
Playin' solitaire till dawn with a deck of fifty-one
Smokin' cigarettes and watchin' Captain Kangaroo
Now don't tell me I've nothin' to do
Captain Kangaroo is a memory, but otherwise cultivating quietude is a lesson we’re re-learning lately. With so much in lockdown and quarantine, what shall we do?
The answer is to adorn time. Listen to music. Read a book. Watch the birds. Take a walk and look for signs of spring. With church services cancelled, create a bit of sabbath in your daily routines: focus on being rather than doing.
Covid-19 is here and, as individuals, there is much we must simply accept. With luck and lots of hand washing, we’ll be okay. In the interim, make friends with yourself and remember …
Don’t just do something. Sit there.
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