"Dolce far niente" - the sweetness of doing nothing. Eat Pray Love I like to repeat this to myself, it sounds so much sweeter, so much more intense in Italian than it does in English. Say it to yourself, go ahead, you know you want to. Now wait for it, don't you just feel relaxed, don't you feel like you should go eat an italian pastry, sip a cappucino while overlooking Il Po. Sometimes I like to indulge in this idea of nothingness, this tale of oblivion. I long for this sweetness, I can smell it's sugary enticement, I can feel it's syrupy goodness embracing me, I can hear it's melodius call, "Dolce far niente." Can you hear it?
This kind of idelness does not exist in a field of flowers, in a deep blue sea, or in a forest full of redwoods, it exists within you, and me. It is taking pleasure in a moment, the present moment, wherever it may be.
What does doing nothing mean? Do you just lay on the couch, sit in a chair, listen to music, relax??? Although the thought of doing absoulutely nothing for just moments at a time sounds so inviting, I wouldn't know how to do it. I don't know how to do nothing, I don't know how to relax. I am always doing something, thinking about something, I cannot just empty my brain and just rest. So I would love to get in touch with this part of myself, learn to clear my mind, learn to enjoy my own prescence, learn to just be and have that be enough. I am learning that to do nothing can mean just being with myself in my own prescence, drinking a cup of coffee, tuning out the world for just a few minutes, just a moment each day to listen to what your heart is telling you.
How do you relax, how do you like to experience "Dolce far niente?"
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