When you live in world ruled by traffic, last minute plans, large loving families, and six day work weeks, count on it that you will slowly go insane. I am no psychologist, but believing one plus one to be two, this is the very reason why people living, working and moving in sprawling cities are often well known for their bad tempers and relentless attitude. And it doesn’t happen overnight either, it happens, bit by bit, as Emily Dickinson put it, bone by bone. And then one day if you have the time to just look at yourself in the mirror, perhaps you will realize how much you have changed.

The feeling of constantly being rushed does sap you of your creative spirit. The passion to not just get the job done, but to go the extra few steps to making it more of what you are capable. To constantly take your ability and take it to higher levels by challenging yourself. To have time to remove all that is polluting the insides, and maintain all the good. This might sound like a lot of wasted time to many, but is it really? At the end of the day, your success and the satisfaction attached with it, is connected to how well you are performing at life. What your contribution is. So I would say, one should never be ashamed to take that little bit of time just for oneself….to unwind in a way which is natural to you, to sip tea while watching a show which makes you laugh, or penning down thoughts that help you sort out your brain. 

Many times those responsible for “time” in our lives do not understand the significance of this. I wish they would. Until they dont, we must strive to get what we still can, to make sure our inner spirit does not get lost.