The Shortness of Life: Seneca on Busyness and the Art of Living Wide Rather Than Living Long
"How we spend our days," Annie Dillard memorably wrote in her soul-stretching meditation on the life of presence, "is, of course, how we spend our lives." And yet most of us spend our days in what Kierkegaard believed to be our greatest source of unhappiness - a refusal to recognize that "busy is a decision" and that presence is infinitely more rewarding than productivity. I frequently worry that being productive is the surest way to lull ourselves into a trance of passivity and busyness the greatest distraction from living, as we coast through our lives day after day, showing up for our obligations but being absent from our selves, mistaking the doing for the being.
Do we really live longer than our ancestors? The wonders of modern medicine and nutrition make it easy to believe we enjoy longer lives than at any time in human history, but we may not be that special after all.
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Latest Update: Health care, a prime concern at the moment. As the water is receding in some areas, they are becoming epidemic prone !
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