My Goal(ish) for 2011

This year, my goal is to focus more on reading "real" books. Far too often, I end up reading fluff with little redeeming social value. A lot of the time, it's not even really that entertaining, just a time suck. So this year I am to to withdraw from the time-wasting reading a bit (I still need to have some mindless fluff in my life) and get back to reading better books.

Which probably means I'll be posting more book-related randomness. Like now.

So here, have (what I thought was) an interesting quote:

“When we eat and drink all the time, our stomach and all our other digestive organs never get a rest... Similarly, when we think all the time, our minds never get a rest. Here, too, emptying is as important as filling. Life-changing insights arise out of a quiet, open mind. So do seminal scientific discoveries. Archimedes realized the principle of displacement as he entered that bath, Newton the force of gravity as he rested under and apple tree. The equation for relativity flashed into Einstein's mind as he idly watched a passing train. This is also how important spiritual insights arise, in the receptive space of a mind that is calm and aware. This emptying is the essence of centering prayer or mediation. God can't call in on a busy line.”

- from Mindful Eating by Jan Chozen Bays