Relaxing on the Porch

People used to just sit for hours on porches. Maybe you never did but saw someone older than you sit around and talk. Remember Andy & Barney on the TV show sitting on the porch talking or playing guitar? Some folks had a knife and stick and whittled while they sat. 

If you didn’t whittle, there was always talking, or rocking in a rocking chair, or listening to nature. If you lived near a road, you could watch the cars go by. 

Does that seem an incredible waste of time? 

We have believed lies. They include: “You must maximize your productivity,” and “Doing nothing is a waste of time.”

Doing nothing is neither a waste of time nor easy. It takes concentration and effort to turn off the impulse to do, and to instead spend time “being.” 
But it has great rewards. 

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