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Sorry for the morbid take, but the reason why we cannot sit quietly alone is to distract ourselves from our eventual demise.
Does a bathroom count?
Plus sitting on a toilet too long gives me pins and needles in my legs. And I hear it can cause blood clots. I suppose it depends on how comfortable one's toilet is, and whether you use one of those foot stools?
But put the same person in an empty room and the same task of letting your mind wander becomes odious.
Odd, no?
Why would you sit quietly alone in a room when you could be enjoying a sauna, soaking up the sun at the beach, or picnicking in a park? I don’t think the problem is sitting alone with one’s thoughts - but rather that an indoor room isn’t a particularly desirable environment. At least it isn’t as undesirable as an airplane seat though.
The entire idea is that people hate being alone with their thoughts and will do nearly anything to avoid being in that situation.
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Teach us to care and not to care
Teach us to sit still.
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