This is to true and I've felt it so often. “Society is commonly too cheap,” he said, “we meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.” I wonder if there has ever been a company or university that instituted forced down-time of an hour a day to just contemplate without a phone in hand?
That’s a good question. And that’s part of my point too, the magic of solitude without a screen. Whether a walk outside, reading a physical book, meditating, or writing pen and paper.
Thoreau’s wilderness retreat reminds me of Aaron Rodgers who went on a darkness retreat recently. Even the most famous of famous crave getting away from everyone and being alone with their own thoughts. As scary as being alone with your thoughts may be, I think everyone craves (and needs it) it deep down.
This is to true and I've felt it so often. “Society is commonly too cheap,” he said, “we meet at very short intervals, not having had time to acquire any new value for each other.” I wonder if there has ever been a company or university that instituted forced down-time of an hour a day to just contemplate without a phone in hand?
That’s a good question. And that’s part of my point too, the magic of solitude without a screen. Whether a walk outside, reading a physical book, meditating, or writing pen and paper.
Thoreau’s wilderness retreat reminds me of Aaron Rodgers who went on a darkness retreat recently. Even the most famous of famous crave getting away from everyone and being alone with their own thoughts. As scary as being alone with your thoughts may be, I think everyone craves (and needs it) it deep down.
Some freedom in thought.