Every Day Rounds to Zero Percent of a Life
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Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared?
Every Day Rounds to Zero Percent of a Life Sarv Nov 28, 2025 16 3 Share Why has the pleasure of slowness disappeared? Ah, where have they gone, the amblers of yesteryear? Where have they gone, those loafing heroes of folk song, those vagabonds who roam from one mill to another and bed down under the stars? Have they vanished along with footpaths, with grasslands and clearings, with nature? There is a Czech proverb that describes their easy indolence by a metaphor: “They are gazing at God’s windows.” A person gazing at God’s windows is not bored; he is happy. In our world, indolence has turned
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