Thursday, March 20th marked the first day of Spring. With the weather changing, there is often a renewed sense to get outside and enjoy the fresh Spring air, to take advantage of the unusually warm days and enjoy the beauty of life (plants and animals) re-emerging after the winter slumber.
How often do you find yourself doing nothing? There are so many ways to distract from doing nothing. Maybe you are waiting in life for coffee, or taking a break from work…it is quite easy to jump on the phone and play a game, check social media or other app. What is not so easy is to do nothing.
“Nothing” means the absence of something. When we have moments of nothing in our day, these moments are mini-pauses. Our mind and body are taking a break from the “doing”. Before we carried around small computers in the form of our phones, doing nothing was a mandatory part of everyday life.
A challenge this week: can you do nothing once a day? Can you decide that when you are waiting at your next appointment, you could sit still and do just nothing? Or find a bench to sit quietly, do nothing and be present in spring.
