Idleness
| April 13, 2014
Doing nothing is essential for thinking
to occur. Many of the most important thoughts are unintentional—they
can be neither solicited nor cajoled but have a rhythm of their own,
creeping up, arriving, and leaving when we least expect them. It is
important to cultivate the lassitude of mind that clears a place for the
arrival of what cannot be anticipated. Idleness allows time for the
mind to wander to places never before imagined and to return
transformed.
—Mark C. Taylor, "Idleness Waiting Grace"
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