“All of us, at some point, grow old and start to acquire other qualities. We can always make the most of each one of these new qualities and obtain a good result.” (Paulo Coelho)*
The second month of my sabbatical year is almost over, and I'm starting to fidget.
Having spent the last 6 years without proper vacation, it's seems funny now that I have such an ample supply of time to spend. I have absolutely nothing to complain about it, and I love spending times with my books and music again, but when your life revolves around work pretty much all the time, it does feel strange.
My BFF wrote last week and told me that he's going to visit this year and then will probably be giving some concerts and seminars, and I immediately offered to help. But it was him that said that I really MUST take the break and committed to this year. And now after I slept on it, I think he's right. I really should be doing nothing this year, and learn to feel that it's all right to be doing nothing, and that I don't have to contribute something at all times to the society (in any case, I'm still contributing something through my teaching, I hope.)
And now that I come to think of it again, I really need to take in, and this is my year. I've been giving a lot for the past few years and this is the time to absorb, to drink up, to re-charge my head and my heart, and growing old while acquiring new things, as Coelho would say. Hopefully by the end of this year, I'll get a good result.
Wish me luck.
*) For Coelho's complete writing on growing old, visit his blog.
