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I’m on vacation.
It’s nothing elaborate.
I haven’t gone off to some ritzy vacation resort where all the family members are overwhelmed with stuff to do.
I haven’t gone to a remote place that requires a PhD to plan how to get a family there and back again without losing someone along the way.
The thought of such a vacation exhausts me just thinking about it. I thought vacations were created to help us rest, not run us down further.
What I have done is unplugged from my day-to-day regimen and taken some time to recharge in the middle of a cross-country move.
No client emails or voicemails …. no meetings.
Almost (yes, almost) no social media interaction. Yep .. almost no Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or any of the other services I am a member of. Surprisingly and contrary to popular opinion, you can cut back significantly and still do quite well mentally.
Very few people know where we are.
It’s just me, my family (all but my oldest son), some good books that I’ve been meaning to finish for a year or more and practically no agenda.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh … silence is truly golden.
As the ocean breeze gently blows in through my open window this evening, something occurs to me.
Many of us are afraid to slow down because we all want to believe the world will shrivel up and die without us.
Nothing could be further from the truth. Only our ego could dream up such a thing.
So given that the world will merrily continue to function quite well without us, what would it hurt us to occasionally put our hand up and say “Stop – I need a minute to think”.
I just did …. and I must tell you that the result was delicious, invigorating and revitalizing. It is providing me with greater insight and clarity into upcoming projects.
We are happy to spend thousands on the latest gimmick du jour to help us improve our productivity.
Sometimes the greatest thing we can do is nothing at all … just for a little while.
Are you ready to give it a try?
In service and servanthood.
Harry
For my detailed musing on “Silence is Golden”, please click here.
