Leisure Its Use and Abuse
English Essay on "Leisure Its Use and Abuse"
Leisure is the free time that one gets after attending to responsibilities in life. How one spends one’s leisure time reveals a lot about the person’s interests and inclination. Leisure helps to break the monotony of everyday life existence and rejuvenates to fight the battles of life again. However, some people misuse their free time and indulge in gossip, drinking, hanging around coffee houses. They don t nurture themselves. In fact they dissipate their energies in useless activities. Besides, anyone who has too much time on hand also can‘t appreciate the value of leisure. Undoubtedly, leisure has its uses and abuses. It depends on the individual to make the most of it or waste it.
Hunger and food, thirst and water, progeny and procreation — they have remained the primary needs of mankind ever since the first Man and the first Woman came into being on the blessed Earth. With the passage of time, slowly but surely, Man came out of the confines and compulsions of his physical, biological and physiological urges so as to make a mark of his distinct and distinguished contribution to the something process of process and prosperity, in fields other than bread and butter.
Modern man’s life has become very busy. Today, man has no time for himself. He is caught in the battle of survival for existence. The poet had rightly said that ‘what is this life if full of care, we have no times to stand and stare. It is indeed a sad life, where a man gets no time to nurture himself by doing things he enjoys doing. There are some who have no choice in the matter. Life is series of battles for them and there is no time to think of relaxation and leisure. But there are others who are compulsive workers. They just work to fill up theirs time as they have never paused in life to look around themselves and see how much more life has to offer to them. As matter of fact, such people are prone to health problems, be cause they always remain tense and work as if time is running out. If they were to take out sometime for themselves from their daily routine and spend it to rejuvenate themselves they will realise the value of leisure.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” It is a statement which holds leisure as important for the well being of one as food, sleep, air, exercise and work. It is the duty of each one to take out sometime for themselves after attending to their responsibilities and duties. How one decides to spend the leisure time varies from person to person.
In the days gone by, before the advent of television and videos, people used to spend time together in small social gathering laughing, chatting and eating. All the members of the family used to get together and discuss their day, play some games or go for a walk. Poor labourers, even today can be seen sitting together after dusk and dinner, singing and playing drums as if they didn’t have a care in the world.
Whit the advancement of civilisation, there has been a change in the leisure time activities. Nowadays, especially in urban areas people spend their time in front of the television. Social interaction has been confined to week ends. Even now, once he takes a plunge and accepts the gauntlet, there is nothing to stop him from emotional, intellectual and spiritual odyssey, he is fully conscious of the fact that bread and butter cannot thwart him from conceiving and creating the masterpieces, the like of which his fore-fathers have left him as legacy and inspiration, in the realms of fine arts (poetry, painting, sculpture, music, dance, etc.); intellectual and philosophical treatises and spiritual revelations like the Quran, Bible, Torah, etc. As life becomes more and more complex and materialistic, Man’s search or meaning and purpose in life becomes pointed and poignant and like his predecessors he swears to continue unabated and undeterred the probe into the larger questions of life and death, love and hate attachment and detachment, myth and reality.
There are umpteen activities one can full up one’s leisure hours with. Reading, playing, listening to music, cooking, and so on it is of immense help if one has cultivated some hobbies in childhood. Children who grow up learning some craft, playing on an instrument or carpentry etc. Enjoy these activities in their later life also. Besides, it is never too late to pick up hobby, something one had not been people, who start late and enjoy their hobbies in their leisure time.
However, there are some people who never appreciate the value of leisure, as they have too much time on their hands. Such people just while away their time on useless activities. We can appreciate leisure only if we are leading an otherwise meaningful life. Idleness is the root of all evils and a person who is not constructively occupied in his daily life, cannot appreciate the meaning of leisure. He may fall into bad company, indulge in anti-social activities, hang around coffee houses to while away his time.
The value of leisure and how to use it has to be taught early in life. Children should b encouraged to read, play and participate in cultural events besides studying: It is the study of parents and teachers to prepare the young for a living and just earning a livelihood. They should grow with a sense of how lovely it is to be alive. It is this zest for life, that makes people enjoy life and not make it a burden that has to be carried till end. Leisure time is very essential for modern man who is crushed under the burden of daily life. A man who is confused and under pressure, if he takes a break from the daily routine, and engages himself in leisure time activity may get more clarity and the problem may suddenly resolve itself.
A well-balanced person always sets his priorities. He does not make work an end by itself. He takes time off for himself, pursuing his interests, taking holidays. Such breaks help to break the monotony of the daily life and break the sense of boredom and ennui. Undoubtedly leisure time is absolutely necessary to continue with the pace of modern life it helps to develop the latent creative talents in one, which cin at times develop into a source of income.
It is indeed sad to see people waste their precious little time in activities which do not enrich them. In fact they dissipate and destroy them. Many people, in different sections of society think that any free time they have is to be spent in playing cards, drinking etc. They lose money, health and peace. The family 1if checked. No amount of legislative measures or rules can check these tendencies. It is individuals themselves, who have to overcome their weakness and take concrete steps to occupy themselves usefully in their leisure time.
Only man possesses the capacity for many responsibilities, which each individual identifies and develops for himself. His constructive aim seems to be to bring about consonance and conciliation between his outer environment and his inner self. His intellect needs to guide his intuitive sense as he strives to create a world closer to his heart’s desire. By coordinating his talents and multi-faceted faculties, he can always, address himself and say emphatically that “man does not live by bread alone.”
Hunger and food, thirst and water, progeny and procreation — they have remained the primary needs of mankind ever since the first Man and the first Woman came into being on the blessed Earth. With the passage of time, slowly but surely, Man came out of the confines and compulsions of his physical, biological and physiological urges so as to make a mark of his distinct and distinguished contribution to the something process of process and prosperity, in fields other than bread and butter.
Modern man’s life has become very busy. Today, man has no time for himself. He is caught in the battle of survival for existence. The poet had rightly said that ‘what is this life if full of care, we have no times to stand and stare. It is indeed a sad life, where a man gets no time to nurture himself by doing things he enjoys doing. There are some who have no choice in the matter. Life is series of battles for them and there is no time to think of relaxation and leisure. But there are others who are compulsive workers. They just work to fill up theirs time as they have never paused in life to look around themselves and see how much more life has to offer to them. As matter of fact, such people are prone to health problems, be cause they always remain tense and work as if time is running out. If they were to take out sometime for themselves from their daily routine and spend it to rejuvenate themselves they will realise the value of leisure.
“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.” It is a statement which holds leisure as important for the well being of one as food, sleep, air, exercise and work. It is the duty of each one to take out sometime for themselves after attending to their responsibilities and duties. How one decides to spend the leisure time varies from person to person.
In the days gone by, before the advent of television and videos, people used to spend time together in small social gathering laughing, chatting and eating. All the members of the family used to get together and discuss their day, play some games or go for a walk. Poor labourers, even today can be seen sitting together after dusk and dinner, singing and playing drums as if they didn’t have a care in the world.
Whit the advancement of civilisation, there has been a change in the leisure time activities. Nowadays, especially in urban areas people spend their time in front of the television. Social interaction has been confined to week ends. Even now, once he takes a plunge and accepts the gauntlet, there is nothing to stop him from emotional, intellectual and spiritual odyssey, he is fully conscious of the fact that bread and butter cannot thwart him from conceiving and creating the masterpieces, the like of which his fore-fathers have left him as legacy and inspiration, in the realms of fine arts (poetry, painting, sculpture, music, dance, etc.); intellectual and philosophical treatises and spiritual revelations like the Quran, Bible, Torah, etc. As life becomes more and more complex and materialistic, Man’s search or meaning and purpose in life becomes pointed and poignant and like his predecessors he swears to continue unabated and undeterred the probe into the larger questions of life and death, love and hate attachment and detachment, myth and reality.
There are umpteen activities one can full up one’s leisure hours with. Reading, playing, listening to music, cooking, and so on it is of immense help if one has cultivated some hobbies in childhood. Children who grow up learning some craft, playing on an instrument or carpentry etc. Enjoy these activities in their later life also. Besides, it is never too late to pick up hobby, something one had not been people, who start late and enjoy their hobbies in their leisure time.
However, there are some people who never appreciate the value of leisure, as they have too much time on their hands. Such people just while away their time on useless activities. We can appreciate leisure only if we are leading an otherwise meaningful life. Idleness is the root of all evils and a person who is not constructively occupied in his daily life, cannot appreciate the meaning of leisure. He may fall into bad company, indulge in anti-social activities, hang around coffee houses to while away his time.
The value of leisure and how to use it has to be taught early in life. Children should b encouraged to read, play and participate in cultural events besides studying: It is the study of parents and teachers to prepare the young for a living and just earning a livelihood. They should grow with a sense of how lovely it is to be alive. It is this zest for life, that makes people enjoy life and not make it a burden that has to be carried till end. Leisure time is very essential for modern man who is crushed under the burden of daily life. A man who is confused and under pressure, if he takes a break from the daily routine, and engages himself in leisure time activity may get more clarity and the problem may suddenly resolve itself.
A well-balanced person always sets his priorities. He does not make work an end by itself. He takes time off for himself, pursuing his interests, taking holidays. Such breaks help to break the monotony of the daily life and break the sense of boredom and ennui. Undoubtedly leisure time is absolutely necessary to continue with the pace of modern life it helps to develop the latent creative talents in one, which cin at times develop into a source of income.
It is indeed sad to see people waste their precious little time in activities which do not enrich them. In fact they dissipate and destroy them. Many people, in different sections of society think that any free time they have is to be spent in playing cards, drinking etc. They lose money, health and peace. The family 1if checked. No amount of legislative measures or rules can check these tendencies. It is individuals themselves, who have to overcome their weakness and take concrete steps to occupy themselves usefully in their leisure time.
Only man possesses the capacity for many responsibilities, which each individual identifies and develops for himself. His constructive aim seems to be to bring about consonance and conciliation between his outer environment and his inner self. His intellect needs to guide his intuitive sense as he strives to create a world closer to his heart’s desire. By coordinating his talents and multi-faceted faculties, he can always, address himself and say emphatically that “man does not live by bread alone.”
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