Our, by and large, comfortable 21st century lifestyles still come with their own stresses and uncertainties. Indeed, it’s becoming difficult to know whether technology is working for us, or whether it’s the other way round. Scientists and science fiction writers have, for years, suggested we’ll soon be sitting back and letting robots and computers do our work for us. However, many of us are likely to be working even longer hours than either our parents or our grand-parents!
Fortunately, most of us agree with the maxim ‘All work and no play….’ and that it does, indeed, make us dull, whilst a break from the everyday makes us happier, healthier and more productive too. Therefore, faced with life’s uncertainties and day-to-day worries, it’s little wonder that the vast majority of us like to take a break, to pause a moment, hit the reset button and re-energise ourselves.
In the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.
? Leo Tolstoy