Art of Slowing Down: Finding Joy in a Lazy Sunday Morning

In our day-to-day life we are so occupied with all sorts of stuff and things that we barely sit and relax or think peacefully, Everyone here is in so much hustle to achieve something or to reach one stage after another that we almost forget that there is a life outside this hustle culture there is a life outside of work and this life is meant to be enjoyed as well this life is to be felt as well.

Stop somewhere on a busy road, sit, and relax randomly. Observe the chaos of this beautiful world. Take a moment to notice everyone around you and feel the peace amidst the chaos.

Taste this feeling. How does it feel to ignore every problem of life, to simply sit randomly, do nothing, gaze at random sights, and take a sip of tea, leaving the worries of life behind? Embrace it. Feel the emptiness of life and recognize how insignificant our problems truly are. Despite our efforts to control everything, they often provide only a false sense of mental satisfaction.

There is this quite famous line: 'If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you, it's yours. If it doesn't, it never was.' So, why get worried about these materialistic things in life? Try to set them loose. We often keep holding onto things that aren't meant to be held, and one day, it causes immeasurable pain. When we set something free, then only our mind will feel real freedom; our mind will feel the true taste of nothingness in life. Try to feel a deeper sense of peace and contentment in life's simplicity.

A few months back when I was traveling to Kolkata from Bengaluru, It was an early morning flight so I had to reach Bengaluru airport late at night. There I noticed this strange behavior, although I found this similar to every other airport in India and while traveling abroad as well, Most people were occupied with their laptops or phones, some still working this late on their shiny MacBooks and few of them still discussing on their phone about this and that meeting about their office or what need to be done for next presentation or upcoming cycle and the remaining were busy scrolling Instagram or increasing their snap scores, Then only people who were not busy with these activities were either a senior citizen or parents with kids because parents were taking care of their kids running here and there instead of playing and the senior citizens were mostly feeling sleepy or they were at least talking to there better half or they were observing the ceiling and architecture of the Bengaluru airport that was splendid.

In the end, it was I who was observing all this while keeping my phone inside my pocket and writing my late-night random thoughts in the diary that I recently started carrying with me, instead of jotting down the thoughts on my phone. This post could continue indefinitely without an end, but I'm keeping it concise to encourage readers to contemplate it further. I hope their raw thoughts will raise awareness of their surroundings and provoke reflection on what is happening in both their lives and the world.