Fan Wen Flaubert once said, "I keep writing every day and watch the sunrise every day." I suddenly tripped over this sentence: Flaubert, who is famous for his diligent writing, is naturally busy every day. How can he watch the sunrise on time every day?
Now people's fatigue and confusion about life have the same origin as this problem: "Because they are busy all day, they lose their leisure in life." They complain too much. As everyone knows, when we began to complain about "busy", we lost the possibility of "leisure" unconsciously.
Privately, "busy" and "idle" are not contradictory concepts, but different personal mentality. As Heslett and Cicero said, "Busy" and "Idle" go hand in hand. Perhaps, this "busy" refers to enrichment.
The enrichment of life comes from people's mentality. The so-called "busy", in the eyes of some people, is the torture and oppression of life, so people will certainly be grumpy. Even if they encounter "sunrise", they must be feeling: "The busy day has started again", right? I will never really regard the sunrise as a landscape and a touch like Flaubert.
As a result, there is only sweat and "busyness" in life.
I think Kundera's concepts of "here" and "there" are very suitable for "busy" and "leisure", and the profound meaning contained here is also the way out of life. Because "living elsewhere" is consistent with people's pursuit of "leisure", too many anxious people often take "there" as a negation of "here". However, Kundera's original intention is not so. Without "here", it is impossible to find another place. Simply treating "busy" as pain will make "leisure" impossible. Both are two kinds of scenery, two kinds of states and two kinds of beauty of life. Giving up any one is a lack, even a regret. Only by facing up to and calmly treating the so-called "busyness" and interpreting it as "enrichment" and "satisfaction" can we find "leisure" in life, feel it, enjoy it and thank it!
Our hearts need to slow down, no longer be led by the trifles of life, no longer rush to the road, no longer complain about life. Slowing down may not change everything, but at least, we have changed our mentality and are no longer nervous and confused.
I think Heslett's words should be changed to: "The more you can feel the fullness brought by busyness, the more leisure you will have." Therefore, from today on, savor your "busyness" and savor this little bit of enrichment and leisure, so that you will not suffer from short leisure, but actually feel the years, scenery and love.
Life is busy, but I use it to find fullness and touch.