Recover

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.

Sarah Frances Brown, NOT Mark Twain

You see quotes like this one a lot – urging you to make the most of your moments. But I don’t know…I think sometimes our culture is too enamored with squeezing every last drop out of life today. There is pleasure in the safe harbor, too. There is pleasure in rest. So here’s the companion quote, also not by Mark Twain.

Twenty years from now you will be disappointed to discover that you didn’t need to fill every moment with adventure to have lived a good life. So slow down. Nap on the couch. Explore your backyard. Sleep in on Sundays. Rest. Daydream. Recover.

Jed Scott

I dedicate this especially to every choir teacher I know, who is using more than they can recover. If you fill the weekends with adventure, too, you won’t make it happily to that twenty year mark.