Thursday 11 December 2008

Happenness Part 2: In Praise of Idleness & Uselessness



Lately I have been embracing my life on a new level. Sans achievement or progress of any kind. Just as it is, which is to say at least right now self unemployed, idle and quite useless. The only injunction to myself, is to be happy.

Its another aspect of HAPPENNESS of which i have already written about. While not exactly sucking on a bubbling pipe ( do they bubble?) in an opium den or laying in bed all day.I am not doing anything you might call worthwhile with my time.

I am not making progress, or achieving success, or winning at anything.

I am not retired, or tired, of life. Far from it, being self unemployed i can be my own boss and this boss has only one job to do, or rather to BE, and that is :

BE HAPPY.

I don't know if i am up to it, it is not as easy as it sounds without a lot of the usual 'things' that contribute it . But i am giving it a good shot.

Ahh!!!!! i hear you groan M, there you are in the tropics living the easy life, its easy to BE HAPPY.

Is it ?

Ok lets see where this little experiment gets me. If it gets me anywhere that is....

I will report.
,-)

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