Looking forward to a lazy Saturday, doing a lot of nothing?
The Italians have a phrase for it: “dolce far niente”, “the sweetness of doing nothing”.
The idea is to savor the NOW, to live in the present moment without spending it thinking about something else.
It is the essence of mindfulness, allowing your experience to be whatever it is and relaxing into enjoyment.
Do more nothing today!
The Old Lady experienced an “Aha!” moment.
Some friends were defining the slang term “Karen” as referring to a white woman who acts overly entitled in an aggressive manner.
“Aha!” thought The Old Lady, “they label that woman a ‘Karen’ for acting like many white MEN have acted for centuries- but nobody attaches a gender-specific putdown label to MEN’S behavior!”
Shortcut labels are lazy language, AND inaccurate: by using a label one implicitly indicts an entire group. This is discrimination, whether it be racism or misogyny or anti-Semitism or any other -ism that expresses disdain for a specific group of human beings.
“I know some people named Karen,” The Old Lady finally said, “and they are NOT okay with this terminology.”
LISTEN to The Old Lady!
The Old Lady stopped for lunch at Joanie’s Blue Crab on Alligator Alley in the Everglades.
She sat on the outside deck overlooking a lovely scenic view.
A person at the next table complained “It’s just not the same, it’s changed since we were here eighteen years ago,” and they left.
The Old Lady enjoyed an excellent bowl of she-crab soup while watching a great blue heron catch a big catfish, stab it into submission, and swallow it whole. An anhinga hunted the waters, then dried and preened its feathers on a branch.
“Things are never the same, things change constantly,” she mused. “That’s what keeps life so interesting.”
LISTEN to The Old Lady!
Friluftsliv, a Norwegian word meaning “free air life” or “open air living”, expresses the idea that extended time spent outdoors is healthy for both body and mind – especially in the cold.
Friluftsliv is not about suffering; it is about bundling up to celebrate the beauties of nature in spite of, or even because of, inclement weather.
Two things are needed for Friluftsliv:
1. proper protective clothing… Norwegians say: “There is no bad weather, just bad clothing”* (in Norwegian it rhymes),
and
2. a positive attitude.
It can mean joyfully hiking for miles through the snow, but it can also mean a pleasant stroll through a city park or a winter picnic.
There is even a word, utepils, for drinking a beer outdoors.
Psychologists rank the Norwegians among the happiest people on Earth.
Maybe they’re on to something.
*Det finnes ikke dårlig vær, bare dårlig klær.
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At age 70 I carry a number of scars.
They are not blemishes; they are proof that I have lived and worked and played hard.
Too often we hide our scars, thinking that they are ugly.
Consider the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi which is repairing broken ceramics, not with glue, but with lacquer mixed with gold.
Cracks are not concealed but highlighted by the bright metal.
Kintsugi expresses an acceptance of breakage and repair as natural parts of the history of an object… or a person.
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in…” — Leonard Cohen, Anthem