Daydreaming

Finding beauty in the rush of life 

Musing...isn't it wonderful to occasionally be lost in thought and let go of the world around you? In English, but also in Scandinavian countries and Frisian, "musing" is translated as "muse." But in our opinion, the Africans express it best: gesug. To sigh, or to think back on something beautiful or moving that you have experienced or to look forward to something that is yet to come. 

There are places where you naturally become calm and surrender to your daydreams... 

...and that doesn't always have to be a place of silence. When I'm on the train, watching the landscape rush past, my thoughts naturally wander and I reflect on my day or ponder something yet to come.

I also often fantasize about where all those people I see stuck in traffic are headed. Or who that woman waiting at the railroad crossing is going to give the beautiful bouquet of flowers in her bicycle basket to. 

Neuropsychologist Erik Scherder—you know, that energetic guy with the gray hair who prefers to stand and talk about the brain on TV—answers the question of what to do to de-stress: stare out the window for an hour. And then just daydream. Maybe you'll end up thinking about nothing at all and be in complete harmony with yourself...

Where and about what do you most enjoy daydreaming?

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@bymolle

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