Dr. Meyer Friedman said that lifestyle and creative use of leisure can be more important than diet and exercise in preventing heart attacks. Many people who have paid attention to the body and diet and have neglected the spirit and are dying inside.
Dr. Friedman gives suggestions for people to live less frantic lives by living more by the calendar than the clock:
1. Stop thinking about several things at one time.
2. Listen without interrupting.
3. Read books that demand concentration (games, too).
4. Avoid irritating people.
5. Plan for some personal quiet time each day.
6. Finally, things worth being are better than things worth having.
Remember the people who were here first. The Native Americans had an ability to live by the ages rather than by the day. Among certain tribes in North America were those who would make decisions for the tribe based on how that decision would affect people seven generations into the future!
Deep Joy for a Shallow World, Richard A. Wing