Pico Iyer

I'm suddenly watching the moon rise, which I could be doing at home, but as soon as I'm tempted to do it at home, I hear the phone ring or I think of the hundred emails I have to answer. I take walks along the road under this great overturned salt shaker of stars. And suddenly I'm noticing everything around me, which sadly I don't do enough in the rest of my life.

I'm suddenly watching the moon rise, which I could be doing at home, but as soon as I'm tempted to do it at home, I hear the phone ring or I think of the hundred emails I have to answer. I take walks along the road under this great overturned salt shaker of stars. And suddenly I'm noticing everything around me, which sadly I don't do enough in the rest of my life.

I'm suddenly watching the moon rise, which I could be doing at home, but as soon as I'm tempted to do it at home, I hear the phone ring or I think of the hundred emails I have to answer. I take walks along the road under this great overturned salt shaker of stars. And suddenly I'm noticing everything around me, which sadly I don't do enough in the rest of my life.

Well, that's the beauty because, again, the monks have no rules. And they really don't ask you to attend services, though there are five services a day. You can seek out counsel from them, which some people do. But really, they're just freeing you to do nothing at all, which is really the hardest thing in the world.

Well, that's the beauty because, again, the monks have no rules. And they really don't ask you to attend services, though there are five services a day. You can seek out counsel from them, which some people do. But really, they're just freeing you to do nothing at all, which is really the hardest thing in the world.

Well, that's the beauty because, again, the monks have no rules. And they really don't ask you to attend services, though there are five services a day. You can seek out counsel from them, which some people do. But really, they're just freeing you to do nothing at all, which is really the hardest thing in the world.

And it took me a while to realize it was only by doing nothing at all I could begin to do anything. So, the beauty of being there is that unlike every other day of my life, I have no plans. I couldn't tell you what I'm going to do the next day I'm there. I wake up and I follow instinct. Maybe I'll take a walk. Maybe I'll read a book.

And it took me a while to realize it was only by doing nothing at all I could begin to do anything. So, the beauty of being there is that unlike every other day of my life, I have no plans. I couldn't tell you what I'm going to do the next day I'm there. I wake up and I follow instinct. Maybe I'll take a walk. Maybe I'll read a book.

And it took me a while to realize it was only by doing nothing at all I could begin to do anything. So, the beauty of being there is that unlike every other day of my life, I have no plans. I couldn't tell you what I'm going to do the next day I'm there. I wake up and I follow instinct. Maybe I'll take a walk. Maybe I'll read a book.

Maybe I'll just sit out in my chair in my garden and look out at the sea. And I never allow myself that kind of latitude in my day-to-day life. And so every day really lasts a thousand hours. And one of the curiosities of it is that I feel I'm on the ultimate holiday or holy day. I feel as if I'm really doing nothing at all.

Maybe I'll just sit out in my chair in my garden and look out at the sea. And I never allow myself that kind of latitude in my day-to-day life. And so every day really lasts a thousand hours. And one of the curiosities of it is that I feel I'm on the ultimate holiday or holy day. I feel as if I'm really doing nothing at all.

Maybe I'll just sit out in my chair in my garden and look out at the sea. And I never allow myself that kind of latitude in my day-to-day life. And so every day really lasts a thousand hours. And one of the curiosities of it is that I feel I'm on the ultimate holiday or holy day. I feel as if I'm really doing nothing at all.

And then when I return after three days, I open my suitcase and I find, my heavens, I've written 40 pages and I've read six books while as far as I was concerned, I was just doing nothing.

And then when I return after three days, I open my suitcase and I find, my heavens, I've written 40 pages and I've read six books while as far as I was concerned, I was just doing nothing.

And then when I return after three days, I open my suitcase and I find, my heavens, I've written 40 pages and I've read six books while as far as I was concerned, I was just doing nothing.

Yes, I was very determined to include that sentence in the book because I realized that that's, for me, the whole point of going on retreat. Which is to say that when I first went there, I didn't realize that solitude was a gateway to compassion. You know, I'm an only child. I spend much of my time alone at my desk. I love being alone. And what's not to love about being alone in Radiant Pixar?

Yes, I was very determined to include that sentence in the book because I realized that that's, for me, the whole point of going on retreat. Which is to say that when I first went there, I didn't realize that solitude was a gateway to compassion. You know, I'm an only child. I spend much of my time alone at my desk. I love being alone. And what's not to love about being alone in Radiant Pixar?

Yes, I was very determined to include that sentence in the book because I realized that that's, for me, the whole point of going on retreat. Which is to say that when I first went there, I didn't realize that solitude was a gateway to compassion. You know, I'm an only child. I spend much of my time alone at my desk. I love being alone. And what's not to love about being alone in Radiant Pixar?

But the more times I stayed there, the more I realized, first, that I was never alone because my friends and my loved ones lived more powerfully inside me in that cell than they do when they're in the same room or when I'm driving down the freeway with a thousand things on my mind. but also that the only point of being there was to be a better friend to them.

But the more times I stayed there, the more I realized, first, that I was never alone because my friends and my loved ones lived more powerfully inside me in that cell than they do when they're in the same room or when I'm driving down the freeway with a thousand things on my mind. but also that the only point of being there was to be a better friend to them.