The Importance Of Leisure

First define what is known as leisure, entertainment is called the time devoted to activities that are neither working nor essential chores. Leisure time is used at their discretion. It is different from time spent on mandatory activities such as eating, sleeping, doing homework, etc.. From an early age, they taught us that work is a virtue and its counterpart, leisure or idleness is a vice detestable.

Nothing as refreshing as a weekend on the beach. Not as productive as a moonlit night. Curious to note is that the maximum creative works were conceived, designed and written in leisure time. Some examples enliven the memory:

-Cervantes wrote his famous Don Quixote in the endless hours of entertainment cárcel.-Newton discovers gravity forced retirement and a leisure-Einstein peste., outlines his theory of relativity, with its leisure hours in a patent office forgotten. Leisure, the comfortable-mind is more momentous than routine work. But less material suitable to a capitalist system, which requires the worker to work harder every day, even when under serious consideration, should be working less. In fact, in some European countries and some large corporations, has already established working hours four days. It forces employees to take vacations, they are invited to develop their talents and bonuses they provide creative ideas. But beware: do not confuse entertainment with laziness. You have to consider leisure as a space to balance the daily grind and actively seek to contribute to our intellectual growth, creative and spiritual. Not only must learn to disconnect from work and their obligations, but we also have to learn to rest, relax, to leave work where it belongs: in the office, factory, business or wherever we perform our work.

Aristotle said that the work and rest are necessary, but felt that rest was preferable. Rest or the cessation of activities, which Aristotle also called "game?, Provides relief for tired intellect:" The game is primarily useful in our work.

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