From time to time, the simplest of things or activities
that are often undervalued, underappreciated or even
frowned upon can be restorative, rousing and life-changing.
It can sound and look wasteful, yet it’s vital and intentional.
Relax, rejoice and sip your tea, free the mind, body and soul.
It can feel unfashionable to speak seriously about not taking life
seriously and severely all the time: about unwinding once in a while.
It could be on a Friday night or on a weekend, on any free day or time,
away from work gravities and activities: the thing is to let everything go.
On weekends, I often call it weekending, one funny friend refers to Friday
as a frying day! Imagine yourself having fun as your food. One colleague,
from whom I have learnt a lot, tells me that Italians subscribe to an idea
called dolce far niente, or “the sweetness of doing nothing.” It’s a valued
Italian viewpoint that espouses the worth of doing nothing at any given time,
the bliss and beauty of lazy moments without blame. In fact, it’s not laziness,
but the loveliness and kindness of esteeming life through relaxation, or having
the humblest things: being easy and slow, seeing pleasure in the present moment.
