There Are Many Things That Need To Be Done

Oprah Winfrey once said, "Yes, there are many things that need to get done, but in this moment I have to do nothing"

Imagine: doing nothing.

In this moment.  Nothing.  

Nada.

Zilch.

Just being.  Nowhere to go, nowhere to be.  Nothing to do, but nothing.

Can we really do nothing?  Is it possible to just stop and let the moments wash over you, pass, and go on their way without having to use them or interpret them or make them meaningful?

Do nothing.  The concept intrigues me.  A bit like meditation I expect, but even in meditation, you are doing something.  But nothing.  Having to do nothing.

Of late I have been caught up in the business of busy-ness.  Doing this, doing that, going here, going there.  None of it really in my skin.  

Yes, there are many things that need to be done.  That is just a fact of life.  There are things that if left undone might lead to minor disasters or goals not being met.  But what about the sacred self?  What about taking time to just sit, to do nothing.

It is usually nothing that needs to be done most of all.  And sometimes nothing gets done which is not always a bad thing.