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The cost-benefit analysis of stillness
In a world full of busy-ness, the most difficult thing to do is stop and be still. And, as most things that are difficult, the benefits far outweigh the cost.
“How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank.
Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music
Creep in our ears; soft stillness, and the night
Become the touches of sweet harmony.”
-W. Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice
The human experience is one of tension. We feel we must do, in order to be. We must look the way we want to look, say the things we want to say, do the things we want to do and go to all the places we want to go. We feel that we’ve only got so much time, and in order to suck the marrow for each and every moment… we’ve got to fill our lives with objects, activities, possessions.
Be still, and know that I am God
Psalms 46:10
What do we find when we start to shed the stuff? What is left when we lose the items, lose the noise, lose the schedule, lose the ego and lose everything?
In that emptiness, we find dancing.
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