Desert Island Books - necessary distraction for an idle mind or life-saving resource?
Desert Island books It was my birthday in March and my husband bought me a book case for the living room. I had been talking about getting a book case for some time. If there is one thing the past year has given me (and many of us) it's plenty of time to contemplate the big and small questions in life. One of the quandaries that keeps returning to me in different ways is the question of how to live best. By this I mean, in this short time on earth, how should I spend my time and energy. This simple (not easy) question has taken me down many, many avenues - how should I eat, work, sleep, exercise, purchase, connect spiritually, seek pleasure, nurture my relationships? What in my life needs more nourishment and what needs to move to the metaphorical scrapheap? Or literal scrap heap? Or charity shop? There is a great pleasure in packing up all the material things accumulated hastily and thoughtlessly and removing them from one's living space. The trick is not to fill up t...