The Many Merits of Doing Nothing
I have been thankfuly reminded of something I had fogotten to appreciate of late; the many merits of doing absolutely nothing; and the reminder came from a book I am currently reading " The Architect's Apprentice" by Elif Shafaq. Although by no means as spell bounding as her other literature, like " 40 rules of love" or "Honour"; "The Archietect's Apprentice" still has nuggets of wisdom and deep profound truths woven into its fictionous tale which, if you have read her books, you will come to associate with Elif's writing. The story set in sixteenth century Ottoman Rule in Istanbul gives a good glimpse of both the grandeur and the grim surrounding that era - but also transends from time to time to remind us of some profound universal truth, something that goes straight to the heart and stays there. And that something, this time, was a brief conversation between the Architect's apprentice and Tomasso (an Italian philosopher a...