Loading...All unhappiness comes from our inability to sit alone in a room
This assertion, by the 17th century French philosopher Pascal.
We are tempted to leave ‘our room’ and crave excitements that too often turn out badly; we meddle in the lives of others but fail to help them; we seek fame and end up being misunderstood by large numbers of people we don’t know.
Ok so, ‘Sitting alone’ doesn’t mean literally being on the bed but rather, staying undistracted with ourselves: appreciating small pleasures; examining the contents of our own minds, allowing the quieter (but important) parts of our psyche to emerge; thinking before we act.
We should, with Pascal’s encouragement, learn to become better friends to ourselves.
Agreed. So. This
Its an old idea and an old study but the findings are likely as true as they ever were. https://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-19/new-study-found-people-are-terrible-sitting-alone-their-thoughts-how-about-you
Hopefullly we will never forget this important idea nor any other by Pascal