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Show if " Division of Time Quiet Pleasures to Punctuate the Rush of Life Are Sought THE rush of life that leaves persons per-sons no time for deliberation, nor the pursuit of happiness in their own special ways, has seemed to reach its apex. Already there is a trend toward leisurely living, the sort that claims the right to dispose of hours not occupied occu-pied in business or housekeeping, in ways of personal choice rather than of group determining. Today, in the modern ways of living, time is divided into two units, one of which is work, the other diversion rather than play. As soon as work is over, or can be interrupted, the time is given over to diversion. Some persons work most of the time and some persons per-sons spend most of their time in diversions. The division of hours between these two things is uneven, un-even, but however divided, no waking time is left. Spare Time. While each of us should work part of our time, it is the matter of how we spend the rest of our time that is now coming under special consideration. There is a growing discontent that seems to bode good. Why should any of us be bound to do in time which is our own, what this or that group is doing because at the moment it is the popular thing?- Can we have no evenings to ourselves? Must we fall in line with the wishes of friends? Must we do exactly as others are doing whether this means being with them, or simply doing such things as they do? Home Diversions. Shall the rare pleasures of home be invaded? Or shall we decide to spend some quiet evenings in reading favorite books or delving into those new ones we realize would be liked? Shall we have time to devote to needlecraft, to music, to studying some language, to pursuing some hobby or doing anything to enrich ourselves or to make something beautiful? Enriching Diversions. All these things are diversions from necessary work, but they are the sort that repay us by making life more worth living, and not the kinds that merely absorb attention for the time being, and leave us depleted rather than replenished. If we wish to master time rather than be mastered by it, we must use at least a portion of our time when work is through in following out our own personal preferences in our diversions. Leisure. When we do this we have real leisure, one definition of which is, "time available for some particular particu-lar purpose, spare time." One great cause for being rushed is trying to do what everyone else is doing, rather than determining for ourselves what we will do. Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. |
