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eal relief. And this relief is good for the body, the mind and the spirit. This is the creative use of leisure. The pursuit of hobbies is, therefore, one of the very best employments of one’s leisure.
Life is full of opportunities, and he who uses these will succeed in life and be a beacon light for others. It is not desirable for men to misuse and waste their time. Life is short and ideals of life are infinite. Each chooses his own and finds fulfillment if each utilizes his minutes for realizing his ideals.
But, unfortunately, not all people imagine what the right use of leisure is. Most of us simply waste our time when we are freed from jobs and duties for the day. We think that doing nothing is a glorious exercise of our liberty. We feel that labour is compulsory, tyrannical and tiresome. We, therefore, must feel idle and think we are resting. But idleness of this kind is not real rest. It only increases restlessness. They say that an idle man’s brain is the devil’s workshop. And they, it seems, are quite right. It we sit idle, our desires and fancies begin to work. And when desires begin to work, the only way to control them is to limit them to some form of labour. The leisure we get should not, therefore, be wasted in gossip or idling.
Some of the popular ways of using leisure are novel-reading, theatre-going and pleasure-hunting. These are good when properly exercised. But the danger of indulging in such desires is that they render us slaves to such pastimes. A pastime is not merely any device that helps us to pass time. It must be a good way of passing our time.
Life is said to be leisurely in the East. It is so. It is the West that time is money and time is measured in minutes and seconds. That is perhaps one reason why the West has progressed so much in many fields of activity. We in India have recently begun appreciating the value of time. If we have to build a progressive nation, we will have to use our time more rationally than many of us now do. If every citizen employs his leisure in nation-building activities, however, small his quota of contribution, there is no doubt that our plans will have a brighter chance of success.
It is the duty of us all to snatch and seize every moment of our leisure and devote it to some useful occupation. For a regular intellectual worker, a good plan would be an engage himself in some kind of manual work in his leisure such as gardening, carpentry etc. On the other hand, a regular manual worker may engage himself in some intellectual pursuits like listening to radio talks, reading newspapers or good books. This will enable one to escape from dullness and monotony of life, simultaneously adding spice to life.
Essay No. 03
Leisure
Leisure gives us an opportunity to relieve the fatigue of our routine work and to revive our enthusiasm for life. Leisure and its importance are perhaps universally recognized, but not all of us use it as well as it should be. The idea of leisure varies from person to person. The attitude of each of us to leisure, and the manner in which we utilize it, vary to the extent, that in many instances, instead of being useful, leisure turns out to be harmful or wasteful. But if care is taken in planning its use properly, leisure can be advantageous in a variety of healthy ways; fulfilling all its noble purposes.
Perhaps the best way to use leisure is by engaging in healthy and interesting hobbies. In such instances, leisure means an opportunity to divert our efforts and attention to activities that can refresh us. Our aim should be to seek a diversion from our regular work, not to stay inactive. Since activity-oriented leisure keeps us occupied rather than idle, it is the ideal way of reviving our interest in our regular work.
But in reality, leisure is rarely used purposefully. There is a tendency among us to idle away our spare time. Some consider leisure as a period for complete rest or total inactivity. Such a tendency is harmful as it will create laziness in us.
Laziness, owing to its very nature, is tempting, and naturally we are attracted to it. But if we fall victim to laziness by remaining idle or by abandoning self-discipline, we run the risk of ruining our lives beyond all chances of repair. More than make us inactive, laziness creates in us unhealthy thoughts and ideas equally harmful to both us and the society. The saying. “an idle mind is a devil’s workshop” is quite relevant in this context.
Another category of people, while not remaining idle, use leisure for such pastimes as watching films or television programmes, playing card games, gambling or gossiping. These pastimes may fulfill some aims of leisure, but not all, and certainly not in a useful or acceptable manner. It is quite possible that undue interest in such pastimes will lead to a craving for them, and ultimately, to an addiction to them. Such addiction can cause a lack of interest in our regular work, and progressively, to a lack of direction in life.