Leisure means the ‘free time’, the time at one’s disposal.
We have no time to stop and look around us. We begin our day with the tensions
of work and end it with those of traffic jams and power-cuts.
For many of us, there is no escape from this situation; but
our lives would be different if we took ten minutes off from our busy schedule to admire a butterfly, smell a
flower or listen to the song of a bird. Some of us may even like to just sit
down alone and be with our thoughts.
The physical and mental system of man gets tired and
exhausted unless it has occasional rest after every few hours. Sleep is
compulsory leisure enforced by Mother Nature. Rapid increase in cases of
nervous breakdown, thrombosis and cancer is considered by many eminent physicians to be due to the
constant worries of modern life.
Indeed, leisure is almost as necessary for life as food and
exercise. But the human mind cannot remain altogether vacant. Reading light
books, enjoying games and shows, sight-seeing, visiting friends at pleasure,
even merely sitting in the open, gazing at natural beauties or children at
play—all these are good ways of spending one's leisure. The man who works
sincerely can enjoy his leisure fruitfully. It promotes his skill and makes him
more enterprising. So, leisure is not only entertaining but also invigorating. However, a man may enjoy
his leisure hours in different ways. But misuse of leisure is not desirable. In
fact, leisure is valuable for a hard worker but is quite useless for an idle
person.
Word Meanings : schedule : timetable : meceÙe
meejCeer; eminent : famous
and respected : Øeefmeæ Je mecceeveerÙe; invigorating : giving energy : Tpee&keâejkeâ~
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