Grounded In Stillness

Sitting Still, Lotus Pads in Lankester Botanical Gardens, Cartago, Costa Rica photo by Melanie Lee



 The Art of Stillness
by Pico Iyer

 At some point, all the horizontal
trips in the world stop compensating 
for the need to go deep, into 
somewhere challenging and 
unexpected; movement makes most
 sense when grounded in stillness.

In an age of speed, I began to think,
nothing could be more invigorating
than going slow. In an age of
distraction, nothing could feel more
luxurious than paying attention. And in
an age of constant movement, nothing
is more urgent than sitting still. 

 --from The Art of Stillness: 
Adventures In Going Nowhere

a TED book (small books, big ideas)
 by essayist/travel writer Pico Iyer