"The Joy of Less" - article by Mr. Pico Iyer

Out of all articles and blog posts we have read in 2009 here at Z List, one has left a particularly powerful memory. It's a good time to revisit it and save it here as one of the mementos of 2009.

Mr. Pico Iyer wrote an opinion column entitled "The Joy of Less" for the International Herald Tribune in June. He spoke about his life and the choices he has made.

One of our favourite passages dealt with his plans to spend a year in a temple in Kyoto. He wrote:

"My high-minded year lasted all of a week, by which time I’d noticed that the depthless contemplation of the moon and composition of haiku I’d imagined from afar was really more a matter of cleaning, sweeping and then cleaning some more."


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