i've been researching italy and i found this phrase, which describes a piece of their way of life there. I'm pretty sure I will love it there:
"il dolce far niente" which simple translates "the sweetness of doing nothing." this phrase didn't mean a whole lot to me until a year or two ago. a year or two ago, i may have found it shocking that a youngish lady would lay in a park with her dress clothes on..alone...not appearing to be "doing" anything. she would just lay there, maybe napping..maybe thinking..maybe looking at the sky, but doing nothing really. a year or two ago, i may have found this unusual or at least worthy of a second glace, but now i can't imagine life without it.
it's never nothing really...it's always something: it's a cafe' chat with a friend, it's lingering a few more minutes on the beach steps while the storm's rolling in, it's a class of wine and digestion post-dinner, a stroll through town.....
it's doing something (solely!!!) for the sake of pleasure and I believe there is divine purpose in that agenda.
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