“Leisure, a function of eternal ecstasy, a precious commodity…”
A time spent in doing something you love to do, is never lost,
wasted and regretted, be it work or leisure. But the most perfect time
investment is when, you love what you do and do what you love harmonize, when
you feel delight in toil and find comfort in pain, a point where all ever
wanted is achieved, a space inside is filled with bounty of joy, when canvas of
life is painted with colors of choice, a purpose is perceived and the being is
celebrated, such is the beauty of leisure.
You can love your work, but it’s always tiresome and boring to stick to
a routine, to do a same job repeatedly, to meet with deadlines, to stress
nerves with projects and progress. Although it’s where the energy lies that
shakes you up vigorously, thoroughly, fulfills your carnal needs, but there are
some desires, mysterious in peculiar ways yet sublime in bliss, reside
somewhere in lanes of sub-consciousness. Sometimes realized and intentionally
buried while on the other, doubted and ignored, eventually need to be attended
and admitted, for the sake of sanity and serenity.
Work being a form of affection and satisfaction cannot alone
do much good to anyone. Despite being
enjoyed, it has limitations of time, money and age. Talking in terms of age, you
cannot work in the same place life long, neither your wants could meet with the
monetary situation you are in nor the working hours could ever be enough for
mental gratification and physical well-being. Even if you are still managing
and getting fine along with it but your situation would better be sufficed by a
word “workaholic” or on a much greater extent word “machine” would define you
better. Consequently, you would get tired of running in an unending marathon of
this robotic life with monotony at its peak, of waking up each day and
performing the same ritual, where nerves are on the verge of dying from
overwork and physical condition declining. Here comes the point, precisely the
state when you shout at the top of your lungs that you need a break. Desperate
to unleash, the inner person inside you, who longed for long to squander time in
pursuing the aspirations of heart and mind, wants nothing but a recess from
routine, to venture on a journey of self-contentment.
Once the reins are given in the hands of leisure, a getaway for
rendezvous with long lasting elation becomes reality. It’s a cul-de-sac,
realized right on the instant you step in, an obsession powerful than any
addiction and a pursuit of exploring new panoramas of knowledge and learning
blended with consistency and delight. The word leisure encompasses activities
done for venting stress and drawing peace, which may include: reading, writing,
cooking, painting, sports of any sort, pets, traveling, photography and
gardening as highlighted and most common entries and the selection is entirely
at the disposal of one’s choice. Regardless of its kind, a recreation benefits
an individual in innumerable ways; it helps managing stress by draining negative
energies and contributes to relaxation, boost the self-esteem by refining
social standing and recognition, inspires and motivates a sense of purpose and
responsibilities towards life and society, strengthen social ties and
interactions, provokes self-discovery, evaluation and development of positive
outlook, learning and education through experiments, if adopted as a business
braces financial status, provides better quality of life and alteration of
perspective and exceptionally improves generalized health.
Leisure is as essential as any other necessity of life, a
personal space and retreat for a troubled soul. In a fast paced and challenging
world, where people lose track of their lives, leisure is the beacon that
guides through the way. It is a benediction that presents itself in the garb of
opportunity, and if grabbed at once drastically changes the life’s style for
ever.
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