In the purest sense, leisure is not being slothful, idle, or frivolous. It is, in the words of leisure researcher Ben Hunnicutt, simply being open to the wonder and marvel of the present. “The miracle of now,” he calls it, to choose to do something with no other aim than that it refreshes the soul, or to choose to do nothing at all. To just be and feel fully alive. The high-minded Greeks called leisure skole. Like school, they considered it a time for learning and cultivating oneself and one’s passions. It is a time not just for play, recreation, and connection with others but also for
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