tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21090954.post8544090453313670269..comments2023-08-16T09:47:32.926+00:00Comments on downshifting-path to simplicity: a bit idleDownshiftingpathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00046640631739567120noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21090954.post-38989253447935837622007-08-29T17:05:00.000+00:002007-08-29T17:05:00.000+00:00Hi Mark,The summer has been...well awfully awful r...Hi Mark,<BR/>The summer has been...well awfully awful really so when the sun shone, I just had to go out there and soak it up...we might not see it again for a while. <BR/>Some time ago, I would not have dreamt of sitting down not doing anything and then spent 6 months flat on the bed. I hated most of that time but learnt that there can be a real sense of peace and stillness when you do nothing. I know, its a novel concept with email, facebook and blackberries.....but switch the things off for a while and listen out for silence. It does exist and is very refreshing. Maybe you get that when you stare down your camera lens waiting for the insects to come on the flowers.Downshiftingpathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00046640631739567120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21090954.post-8184480691831063162007-08-29T16:43:00.000+00:002007-08-29T16:43:00.000+00:00Hi Anne, I am very jelous of you, having sun for a...Hi Anne, I am very jelous of you, having sun for a whole week, flash or what.<BR/>I am trying to forget Summer as it hasn't really happened and I am glad we went to France.<BR/>I like the bit about doing nothing, since getting back from holiday, i have been covering shifts and doing loads of 12hrs. I now have 6 days off and i want to do nothing but you just know it not going to happen.<BR/><BR/>Cheers MarkMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05030723007281118936noreply@blogger.com