It's Friday afternoon, and you cannot wait for the weekend. You are mentally exhausted, burned out from a week of dealing with other people’s deadlines, expectations, needs, and the ubiquitous insanity that passes for life in the post-modern world. You just want to go home, take a bath or shower, slip into something comfortable and breathe. But instead, what do you do?
While the specifics may differ, chances are you race home, and jump from one set of imposed obligations to another. … You run from one exhaustive life to another and wonder why you are so tired on Monday morning. What you need is Shabbos: a day to play. …
For me Shabbosis a day set aside to breathe freely; a day when we reject the delusion that we must earn our living and realize that we must celebrate it. …
Shabbos was a revolutionary idea when first invented thousands of years ago. Over time it became Shabbat (Jewish) and Sabbath (Christian. I urge you to reclaim one of the most revolutionary things people can do: play.
- Rami Shapiro
Alive Now, July/August 2012
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