ENTERTAINMENT
Written by Konstantinos Konstantinidis of
Amphiktyon
It
is Friday, tomorrow is the weekend, a time of short holiday precious for what
we call Entertainment, that is, "soul education", but at least we
enjoy a little rest from the weekly grind that beats us in a collapsing society. This does not concern us pensioners who have a day off and
boredom every day and often lose track of the date. The right to entertainment is an ancient institution and has
been recognized by society for rest, joy, travel, sports, religious ceremonies,
contemplation, etc. There was a time when, as a young officer in the early
1950s, we would enter the camp at night and leave at night, every day, with the
exception of Sunday afternoon. Then I was very concerned: How
long will this thankless and unliveable life continue? Civilized people absolutely
respect entertainment. Particularly useful when work
has become a huge wave that is going to exhaust you, then entertainment is
necessary, to stimulate our endurance. To strengthen the feeling of
fullness. Our resistance should not bend
and the wave should not cover us. Then the time and space of
work are stopped, colorless, inert and icy, especially when it is accompanied
by oppressive violence. Monotony and lack of leisure
are enemies of the soul. Then leisure becomes a balm
for the soul and entertainment an elixir of renewal. In one of his poems Cavafy
wote:
“One
monotonous day Another monotonous, unchanging day follows The same things will
happen They will become old again, The same moments find us and leave us A
month passes and brings another month Those things that come are easily guessed
They are yesterday’s, those boring ones And tomorrow becomes like tomorrow no
longer”
Only in international politics now Trump is
stirring up the waters and everyone is looking for the rhythm to find and guard
themselves. Only Europe is dancing with
another purpose and the scoundrels are looking for war. .Everything around us is
boiling Only our incompetent politicians spend their lives re-drawing the Tempi
when they do not look at neighboring Turkey, which is reaching the top. We are bored by the
repetition of the same events and tasks, the routine of the times, the
electronic "matchakoni", the cell phone that strains our nerves, the
pressure of the bosses, the inadequacy of the wages, if illnesses also come
then I pity you, poor thing. You must steel your soul and
fight vigorously. In order to get out of the
crisis and the quagmire and not sink into chaos, you must acquire morale and
weigh all of this. In such situations, sleep is
the medicine for the soul. Every now and then a spree
with good company, with a rich meal, moderate drinking, never the driver, with
songs and dancing is good for the soul. For young people, Love, a
permanent companion, should be at their side and the rest in their bedroom. Good weekend (15/5/25)
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