I'd like to kick of this week after the Labor Day weekend to celebrate doing nothing....that's right, how about letting go of the idea of filling our heads and time so much for just 1 week and give ourselves a retreat from all that busyness? And perhaps recommit to a more meaningful life of purpose, filled with doing the activities that we are so passionate about?

So, to that end, I'm quoting Thomas Moore this week about alternatives to living in an uber-hyped world. Where daily living can be conducted more simply in a soul-centered, nurturing way infused with beauty, harmony and clarity. Enjoy!

Early Christian monks went out to live in the desert in order to find emptiness.  Modern life is becoming so full that we need our own ways of going to the desert to be relieved of our plenty.  Our heads are crammed with information, our lives busy with activities, our cities stuffed with automobiles, our imaginations bloated on pictures and images, our relationships heavy with advice, our jobs burdened with endless new skills, our homes cluttered with gadgets and conveniences.  We honor productivity to such an extent that the unproductive person or day seems a failure.

Monks are experts at doing nothing and tending the culture of that emptiness.

- Thomas Moore, "Meditations: On the Monk Who Dwells in Daily Life"