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February 26, 2006

quiet living

I was just polishing my shoes, my Black shoes. There is something about doing menial chores that are gratifying to me. I like Ironing too, and I could say, I do a good job at it. I think its the quietness of the task, and the concentration to do the job well that appeals to me. Thinker without thoughts, the most enjoyable state of being. Yes my friends, thinking can kill you fast, very fast. that is the reason that simple minded people live a happier lives than the curious ones.

-Its a blessing to be born a calf and die a cow. I have heard that saying many a times, but there is also the more brazen, self indulgent school of thought ,- A life not examined is not worth living. But I do personally believe that we have no choice in the matter. We either see everything in Black and white and are happy with the state of our lives, or at some point colors do begin to crowd the picture, and we get hooked. I woul have rathered not to make that choice, Thankfuly the choice was made for me, as for all of us.

The other day I was going through my friend Choob's site, and there was a picture of him at his workshop, working on pieces of Jewelry he makes. He looked so into it, and so out of what was happening around him, it looked like Bliss. There's something very Nobel about working with your hands, I envy the people that have such occupations. The instant gratification that one would get upon progressing in his work, or the end result must be heaven.

I think as contemporary men, some of our ills are due to the fact that we are just a part of the working machine, we do not see how it starts, and how it finishes, so we don't get to enjoy the process. We don't plant seeds, and watch them grow, although having kids comes very close. we don't use our bodies for the purpose they are made for, so we get headaches, tension, fatigue, and have to use that wasted energy walking a thread mill, or punching a boxing bag.

Women though have an easier time at this. No matter what station in their life they are. They get to fold the towels, arrange the house, some even still clean their houses, which of course seems so passe, so they get some of that quiet solace that comes with accomplishing their task. Sometimes I watch my wife when she goes about doing her morning chores, I ironing the kids clothing, getting them ready, making breakfast for them, and there it is the satisfaction, the quiet bliss. I thin as human being we have lost a lot by paying others to do what could bring us that subtle harmony of going through different parts of a task and seeing it to the end.

Posted by Idinraha at February 26, 2006 01:02 PM

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