Leisure is free

Please understand that leisure is more than idle free time not devoted to paid occupations. Some of the most valuable work done in the world has been done in leisure.. and never paid in cash. Leisure is free activity. Labor is compulsory activity. In leisure, we do what we want, but in labor we do what we must. In our labor we meet the objective needs and demands of others-our employer, the public, people who are impacted by and through out work But in leisure we scratch the subjective itches within ourselves, In leisure our minds are liberated from the immediate, the neccessary. As we incorporate leisure into the mainstream of our world, we gain perpective. We lift ourselves above the grift and grind of mere existence.

Interestingly, leisure comes from the Latin word licere, which means to be permitted. If we are ever going to inculcate leisure into our otherwise utilitarian routine, we must give ourselves permission to do so.