Grim dangers of hectic life

As December started, so did the reflections on what we've achieved this passing year, opportunities we missed, mistakes we made, and whether we are happy with how we live our time here on Earth. Just like every twelfth  month of the year. But not until now have I realised how the time slips through my hand without me noticing it. I, and most likely not just I, live an active life, doing my best to prepare for the future, learn at school, on extracurricular classes, at home. In free time I watch some entertaining things, or read, but basically it all comes down to a four-word summary: Always busy with something. I dare say it might be a motto of modern times, we scarcely sit down and catch up with the important things, like real-world friendship, reflecting upon your actions, thinking them over. We always think we'll still have time for that in the future. But the problem is the future we're expecting might never come if you don't let it start in the present. Period.

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  1. englishdiary16 grudnia 2018 05:10

    There is also a strong case for doing just nothing: meditating, listening to music (or the rain), looking at the sea, etc. Just being is a way to reconnect with who we are.

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