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Today's
quotation:
Recreation's purpose is not to kill time, but
to make life, not to keep a person occupied, but to keep them
refreshed; not to offer an escape from life, but to provide a
discovery of life.
unattributed
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Today's
Meditation:
I'm a firm believer in recreation, for I've seen and
felt its positive effects in my life over and over
again. It's something that I take very seriously,
and something that keeps me able to work at very high
levels. Without recreation, I know that I'd start to
wear out and burn out at work-- with recreation, I keep
myself energized and enthusiastic, looking forward to the
work that I do because I feel good about myself and the
world.
Without recreation, the world can become a bleak place
indeed. If we do nothing but work and then go home
and eat and sit on a couch and watch television, we're
really not respecting our bodies or our minds or our
spirits. Going out and doing something interesting
can be a huge boon to our spirits; finding recreation that
exercises our bodies and our minds can keep us youthful
and vigorous, and prevent us from going old before our
time or getting so bored with life in general that it no
longer brings us any joy.
Recreation takes many forms, and it's important that we
find things that we like. For me, running, walking
and biking are the best forms of recreation. I'm not
a good skier, I don't like the limitations and
hyper-competitiveness of competitive sports (only during
certain seasons, only when there are enough people, etc.),
and I'm not at all good at something that requires me to
put something like skis on my feet. So I know what I like to
do, and I do it as much as I can because I want to show
respect to this body that's carried me through this life
so far.
It's a shame that so many people refuse to take part in
recreation, because they're only causing themselves to
suffer, often in ways that they don't even notice.
Recreation isn't something that should be optional-- we
should make it an important part of our lives, because it
so positively affects the other parts of our lives.
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