I dunno, I'll play the crank here and say that writings like this really make me question the kinds of life that could be lived with this ideology.
People tend to already focus on themselves as the locus of creation, do we really need more of this?
I know there are people who claim to live better lives because of views like this, but I've seen how many of them live, which is often in the moment, selfish and a waste of others time.<p>If the highest intellectual, moral and emotional goal you can achieve is to know yourself, hour can anything be too selfish?<p>Yet, I hear far more often about what these people think of their lives, and far less about the actual benefit to others.<p>Maybe my moral compass is tuned differently, but the whole focus on "self" seems to be the most shallow when it comes to a happy life, but it sure is convenient ;P
While at some times she seems to be rambling or making no sense(she over uses the words doing, everything), her point rings true to me. You need idle time to understand yourself.<p>I have seen other sources say that kids need downtime. To just use their imagination. Constantly having your eyes glued to TV or your phone does not make a healthy person.<p>She also mentions that people make the mistake of 'over-doing'. Which I also agree with.<p>While I feel like she could have made her case clearer and cleaner(although she was writing to a child so maybe this is perfect), I agree with her.
Written in 1939 by an author who died 26 years ago, yet still not in the public domain, so you need to fork over $11 if you want to actually read the damn letters. Thank you, Sonny Bono and Disney.