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I once had a good friend. He was in his eighties. The man was incredibly fit. He and his wife travelled to the Alps four times a year. In the summer, I go mountain hiking and, in the winter, I go skiing. At 84 years old! I want to mention that my friend was a "man of speech and writing."
Unfortunately, he suddenly became 98% blind due to an incurable eye disease. This meant that at most, he could only perceive shadows. Why am I telling you this? I want to draw attention to our organs of vision, our eyes.
If I lose my sight at 85, I can say I've seen enough. But when I hear that a third of the elementary school class already uses a nose bike and young people are losing their eyesight due to hours of TV and computer use, it gives me pause. Here's a short film about an eye workout. It's from a commercial yoga company, but that shouldn't matter. Just ignore the shop notice and the stuff at the end. Good viewing!
It's common knowledge that we should consume 2-4 litres of fluid daily. The amount naturally depends on our stature and age, our activity, and, of course, the ambient temperature. A significant portion of our needs is already met through food. We can also drink for pure pleasure, or we can forget to drink out of carelessness. I advocate not overestimating this 2-4 litre value. Healthy people feel thirst, and giving in to it is perfectly fine. However, those who find themselves in life circumstances that alter their natural urge to drink must consciously approach their drinking. But that's not my topic. Today I would like to suggest a water fast. So, no tea, juice, coffee, or anything else nice to drink. Just drink water. Fortunately, our tap water is of top quality, and I can only recommend preferring it to bottled water.
There is strength in calm. If that's true, our society gives a rather tired and powerless impression. There's no sign of keeping calm or creating peace. The latest "fashionable disease" is burnout syndrome. That's another word for: "I'm completely worn out, I'm broken, I'm burned out."
The causes of burnout are varied. One cause of burnout syndrome, however, lies within our own hands. And I believe this cause is easily remedied. I'm talking about the lack of peace, the silence, and the contemplation that comes with it.
Today, we encounter noise, clamour, and sounds everywhere. Most are senseless, unwanted by us, sickening, and guaranteed to annoy us. In 1997, I pointed out this fact with an art project called "World No Music Day."
In the supermarket, some miserable music is blaring at full blast. On public transport, fellow human beings who think they must share their musical taste are accompanied by equally annoying and pointless announcements over the loudspeaker.
Road traffic seems to have become a matter of course these days: motorcyclists rev their cars to the max, and golfers tune their exhausts for maximum rage. At the intersection, some other poor idiot is banging away in the trunk with his bass drum.
The neighbour's TV program even trickles through the garden and hedges. What to do? Consciously turn off your sources of noise. Don't always think I have to have the radio, TV, or CD on. I don't need to play music everywhere. Go out into nature more often, where there are as few people as possible. And then use the silence of nature to heal myself.
