Il Dolce far niente!

…contd…….

Our Guru just nodded her head smiling and asked “then why you can’t or won’t do it everyday?”

“Because it is impossible!” almost everybody shouted.

“We have responsibilities, jobs, duties to take are of and hence can’t go on holiday everyday!”

 

“If all it takes for you to be doing ‘simple nothings’ to be relaxed, happy, stress free and friendly, what stops you from making it part of your everyday life?” she asked amused.

We were confused and only ‘aahs’ and ‘mmms’ filled the space when her words came to our rescue “Do some thinking as a group. I’ll be back in ½ an hour” saying this she left us with our confusion.

Our chatter started and questions bombarded. Each one was shouting high enough to be heard. When Priya said “let’s talk one at a time otherwise we’ll never arrive at any understanding” order set in.

 

Half an hour later when she came we were ready with our answers. It was again Shastha that we pleaded to talk and so she started explaining “In our daily life, we are ever stressed about completing tasks and life-styles. So, doing these ‘sweet nothings’ is next to impossible. Forget about doing it, even to think about it is impossible.”

 Now our Guru sat to explain. Yes, I could say it from the look of it.

“Everything that you did today is termed as ‘Il Dolce far Niente’ by Italians. It’s in their character and way of life. It means “the sweet joy of doing nothing!”.

(Watch this clip from film 'eat pray love' Julia Roberts starrer in which IL Dolce far Niente is explained by an Italian and also listen to the pronunciation if you like.....)

“And in our country we call it laziness” I blurted out and everyone burst out laughing. She couldn’t continue as others joined me “And we are experts in doing nothing!”

....contd.....