I came across this wonderful quote by E.B. White, the writer best known for books like "Charlotte's Web" and the classic writing guide, "Elements of Style":
Just to live in the country is a full-time job. You don't have to do anything. The idle pursuit of making a living is pushed to one side, where it belongs, in favor of living itself, a task of such immediacy, variety, beauty, and excitement that one is powerless to resist its wild embrace.
