Take Your Time Being You

By Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D.

Ordinary perfection from Knut Hamsun:

“I have no mission, no places I must visit; I am just a wanderer setting out from a logger’s cabin and coming back to it again; it makes no difference where I am. <…>

It is starting to freeze as I wander back home to my logger’s cabin; soon the frost bites into moors and marshes, and makes the going easy. I saunter onward, slowly and indifferently, with my hands in my pockets. Why should I hurry? It makes no difference where I am.”

“So I saunter and saunter in circles around myself, enjoying myself, tasting solitude.”

Take your time being you. Have a taste of solitude to re-experience yourself.

Reference:

Knut Hamsun (A Wanderer Plays On Muted Strings)

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and the author of "Eating the Moment" (New Harbinger, 2008), "Present Perfect" (NH, 2010), "The Lotus Effect" (NH, 2010), "Smoke Free Smoke Break" (2011), and "Reinventing the Meal" (2012). He is in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA. His book website is www.eatingthemoment.com

Marla Somova, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice and an Assistant Professor of Psychology and Counseling at Carlow University in Pittsburgh, PA. She is the co-author of "Smoke Free Smoke Break" (2011).

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APA Reference
Somov, P. (2010). Take Your Time Being You. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 23, 2013, from http://blogs.psychcentral.com/mindful-living/2010/10/take-your-time-being-you/