DNC and DNP - Do You Have One?
Do you have a DNC? Or maybe you have a DNP instead of a DNC? Or again you may have both a DNC and a DNP with a DNC in it?
Now we all know that the abbreviations and anachronism are vital to this day and age’s way of living. These two are new for most of you and are a vital part of who you are and who you should be.
DNC? DNP? Okay here is the hint.
DNC is comfortable and easy on your body. It fits just right. It is convenient and easy. It is yours also…no one else will take control of it – unless they don’t know what is good for them. DNP is a similar but perhaps not so possessed by just one person. Others are using it as well and it may be shared far more than a DNC.
DNC – is simply a “Do Nothing Chair” where you sit and do absolutely nothing. It is comfortable and easy to sit in. It fits your shape perfectly and is positioned in a place where you will be comfortable.
DNP – is simply a “Do Nothing Place” where it is easy enough to figure out what that is all about. You Do Nothing in the Place… just nothing.
It is odd in Ontario each weekend our roads are plugged with hundreds of thousands of cars rushing to somewhere or wherever people go to do nothing. This big rush away takes time, energy, preparation and lots of money to get to that special place. In some cases it is a cottage or trailer that is crowded up against a wee little lake where you can just barely see the water. In many cases the little bit of Lake Front is noisy and crowded beyond imagination.
The oddest part for me, as I have traveled by these get-a-ways, – is the poor owner is having to cut grass and paint and prepare and pile wood for cooler weather ahead. The poor, poor guy is worked to death making it all look pretty for the squirrels and raccoons that will be the only one to see it before he gets back two weeks from now. I have yet to see anyone enjoying the DNC or DNP in these hectic runs to the cottage.
This long weekend coming will be another exodus from the city of Toronto. People will slowly squeeze into the two lanes that are receiving the four lanes of end on end autos rolling to the cottage in three major directions. It will likely take at least 30 miles of slow moving traffic to just get out to a faster road. It is called cottage bottle neck.
In my back yard there is peace. There are DNCs ready for anyone that needs them. The DNC is surrounded on all sides with flowers and bushes that stand still. The huge tree is a quiet giant that guards our DNP.
My garage is another DNP if you want it to be. I sat for a longtime last evening and did nothing. We are babysitting a Bunny called, ‘Briar’ and he was in his gage beside me doing nothing at all. The perfect peace was so wonderful.
I have a made a big decision. Some day I will begin to market ‘nothing’. My ‘nothing’ will have only one chair and some simply stuff to meet other’s needs. It should be a big hit for many that are run off their feet each week trying to work towards having time to do nothing.
Two nights ago I asked my wife Alida what she was going to do. Her answer was the best one yet. She said, “I am going to sit down and do nothing.” And she did. She did it for more than four hours. I tried it as well and it worked wonders for me too.
Each week we now try to plan ‘nothing nights’ that feel so good.
An account is given of the Quaker folk that practiced stillness. They would pause in whatever place they were and sit still. One story was told of one woman that had about 8 children and her home was always a buzz of activities. At about one hour before she would begin the fast pace of food preparation for the evening meal she would sit down and pull her apron over her face. All the kids knew that with mom sitting as she did with her apron over her face it was the Do Nothing Time. Mom was in her DNC and the kitchen became her DNP. It was a Do Not Disturb time as well.
The man that told me that story of his mother shared how she was such a beautiful woman of peace. In her quiet and nothing places she gathered a rich harvest of peace and stillness. One hour later her life became anything but peace and she usually fed over 12 people at the meal time… hired men and kids as well as family.
I would love to hear from some of you. Do you have a DNC or a DNP where you can be quiet. It is so important that you do have one. Let me know what your’s looks like.
I have to go now and sit down for a while my DNC is waiting for me.
~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~
Now we all know that the abbreviations and anachronism are vital to this day and age’s way of living. These two are new for most of you and are a vital part of who you are and who you should be.
DNC? DNP? Okay here is the hint.
DNC is comfortable and easy on your body. It fits just right. It is convenient and easy. It is yours also…no one else will take control of it – unless they don’t know what is good for them. DNP is a similar but perhaps not so possessed by just one person. Others are using it as well and it may be shared far more than a DNC.
DNC – is simply a “Do Nothing Chair” where you sit and do absolutely nothing. It is comfortable and easy to sit in. It fits your shape perfectly and is positioned in a place where you will be comfortable.
DNP – is simply a “Do Nothing Place” where it is easy enough to figure out what that is all about. You Do Nothing in the Place… just nothing.
It is odd in Ontario each weekend our roads are plugged with hundreds of thousands of cars rushing to somewhere or wherever people go to do nothing. This big rush away takes time, energy, preparation and lots of money to get to that special place. In some cases it is a cottage or trailer that is crowded up against a wee little lake where you can just barely see the water. In many cases the little bit of Lake Front is noisy and crowded beyond imagination.
The oddest part for me, as I have traveled by these get-a-ways, – is the poor owner is having to cut grass and paint and prepare and pile wood for cooler weather ahead. The poor, poor guy is worked to death making it all look pretty for the squirrels and raccoons that will be the only one to see it before he gets back two weeks from now. I have yet to see anyone enjoying the DNC or DNP in these hectic runs to the cottage.
This long weekend coming will be another exodus from the city of Toronto. People will slowly squeeze into the two lanes that are receiving the four lanes of end on end autos rolling to the cottage in three major directions. It will likely take at least 30 miles of slow moving traffic to just get out to a faster road. It is called cottage bottle neck.
In my back yard there is peace. There are DNCs ready for anyone that needs them. The DNC is surrounded on all sides with flowers and bushes that stand still. The huge tree is a quiet giant that guards our DNP.
My garage is another DNP if you want it to be. I sat for a longtime last evening and did nothing. We are babysitting a Bunny called, ‘Briar’ and he was in his gage beside me doing nothing at all. The perfect peace was so wonderful.
I have a made a big decision. Some day I will begin to market ‘nothing’. My ‘nothing’ will have only one chair and some simply stuff to meet other’s needs. It should be a big hit for many that are run off their feet each week trying to work towards having time to do nothing.
Two nights ago I asked my wife Alida what she was going to do. Her answer was the best one yet. She said, “I am going to sit down and do nothing.” And she did. She did it for more than four hours. I tried it as well and it worked wonders for me too.
Each week we now try to plan ‘nothing nights’ that feel so good.
An account is given of the Quaker folk that practiced stillness. They would pause in whatever place they were and sit still. One story was told of one woman that had about 8 children and her home was always a buzz of activities. At about one hour before she would begin the fast pace of food preparation for the evening meal she would sit down and pull her apron over her face. All the kids knew that with mom sitting as she did with her apron over her face it was the Do Nothing Time. Mom was in her DNC and the kitchen became her DNP. It was a Do Not Disturb time as well.
The man that told me that story of his mother shared how she was such a beautiful woman of peace. In her quiet and nothing places she gathered a rich harvest of peace and stillness. One hour later her life became anything but peace and she usually fed over 12 people at the meal time… hired men and kids as well as family.
I would love to hear from some of you. Do you have a DNC or a DNP where you can be quiet. It is so important that you do have one. Let me know what your’s looks like.
I have to go now and sit down for a while my DNC is waiting for me.
~ Pastor Murray Lincoln ~
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007
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