"Il doice far niete." It's Italian. (I'm not)
Perhaps that is why it struck me so profoundly in the movie, Eat, Pray, Love.
"Il doice far niete" - the sweetness of doing nothing.
I have a wonderful role model for that here at my house. She's not Italian either, but I think all cats "get" the sweetness of doing nothing. I watch her just laying there, and sometimes find myself a bit jealous. But the lifestyle and responsibilities of an indoor cat and Mom-of-two are entirely different.
Yet, because of my reaction to that phrase when I heard it for the first time, I am going to try to learn from my cat.
There is a sweetness in doing nothing. Today, she and I sat on the chair-and-a-half (for about a minute-and-a-half) and did just that. Nothing.
Tomorrow, we hope to double our time.
I suspect I will find as I do that, I will better understand - experientially - Psalm 46:10. "Be still and know that I am God." I fully expect I will find the sweetness of Him in that stillness of doing nothing.
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