Freedom of Life (eBook)

Annie Payson Call (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009 | 1. Auflage
99 Seiten
The Floating Press (Verlag)
978-1-77541-710-1 (ISBN)

Infos

I AM so tired I must give up work,' said a young woman with a very strained and tearful face, and it seemed to her a desperate state, for she was dependent upon work for her bread and butter. When she was asked why she did not keep at work and learn to do it without getting so tired, that seemed to her absurd, and she would have laughed if laughing had been possible. 'But,' the answer was, 'it is not the work that tires you at all, it is the way you do it,' and, after a little soothing talk which quieted the overexcited nerves, she began to feel a dawning intelligence, which showed her that, after all, there might be life in the work which she had come to look upon as nothing but slow and painful death. She came to understand that she might do her work as if she were working very lazily, going from one thing to another with a feeling as near to entire indifference as she could cultivate, and, at the same time, do it well. She was shown by Illustrations how she might walk across the room and take a book off the table as if her life depended upon it, racing and pushing over the floor, grabbing the book and clutching it until she got back to her seat, or, how she might move with exaggerated laziness take the book up loosely, and drag herself back again. This Illustration represents two extremes, and one, in itself, is as bad as the other, but, when the habit has been one of unnecessary strain and effort, the lazy way, practised for a time, will not only be very restful, but will eventually lead to movement which is quick as well.

---

Return to the comforts of a quieter, simpler time with this collection of homespun anecdotes and advice from Annie Payson Call, who was a popular Ladies' Home Journal columnist in the early twentieth century. Now more than ever, Call's brand of commonsense, straightforward advice will help traditionally minded women hew to their chosen path with dignity and serenity.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.12.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• ISBN-10: 1-77541-710-7 / 1775417107
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77541-710-1 / 9781775417101