{"id":64322,"date":"2025-08-12T12:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T12:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/?p=64322"},"modified":"2026-11-09T23:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:15:25","slug":"to-pause-in-order-to-think-to-think-in-order-to-live-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/en\/posicionamento_e_filosofia\/to-pause-in-order-to-think-to-think-in-order-to-live-better\/","title":{"rendered":"To Pause in Order to Think. To Think in Order to Live Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h2 data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"595\"><strong data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"595\">An experience of presence, listening and long time<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"397\" data-end=\"596\">Is there anything more appropriate than immersion in nature to disconnect from the constant background noise and acceleration that define contemporary urbanised and hyper-connected societies?<br \/>\nIn a recent interview with the newspaper <em data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"673\">Expresso<\/em>,  philosopher Samantha Rose Hill expresses something both simple and urgently vital:<\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"724\" data-end=\"891\">\n<p data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"891\">\u201cIn order to think, we must stop. Only then can we return to a state where an inner dialogue becomes possible \u2014 one from which the moral principles guiding our actions can emerge.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"893\" data-end=\"995\">This idea alone would already justify what we propose here. But there is much more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-60890\" src=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2745.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2745.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2745-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2745-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1125px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1002\" data-end=\"1028\">Slow down to inhabit the place<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1030\" data-end=\"1317\">On a professional \u2014 and personal \u2014 level, there is almost always something pulsing within us: restlessness, anxiety, uncertainty, stress, tension. Factors which, combined or accumulated, may lead us slowly or abruptly towards a psycho-emotional threshold.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1319\" data-end=\"1586\">Of course, there is also excitement, enthusiasm and positive emotion. What truly matters is finding balance between these two poles, so that one does not overwhelm the other and end up contaminating life as a whole.<br data-start=\"1524\" data-end=\"1527\" \/>And when that happens, what kind of life are we really living?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62108\" src=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1250px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"1593\" data-end=\"1624\">Pause. Step away. Breathe.<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1626\" data-end=\"1824\">That is why, from time to time, it is essential to slam on the brakes. To stop.<br data-start=\"1699\" data-end=\"1702\" \/>Get away from your usual routines and places of life and work. Immerse yourself in the silence and magnetism of nature. Only then will it be possible to step outside yourself, let go of thoughts and emotions, and allow them to flow freely \u2014 in the lightness of the air. The minimum recommended is to set aside a whole day. The ideal? Three consecutive days.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61077\" src=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2903.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2903.jpeg 1125w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2903-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG_2903-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1125px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"2035\" data-end=\"2066\">1 DAY &#8211; A first dip in the landscape<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2068\" data-end=\"2229\">The day begins with a slow walk through a remote landscape of exceptional natural richness.<br \/>\nBefore long, you will have forgotten yourself and the world. You will become, as Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Gros writes, \u201ca mere flow of immemorial life\u201d<em data-start=\"2351\" data-end=\"2374\">(Walking \u2014 A Philosophy<\/em>).<br \/>\nAt the end of the morning, sit in the shade of a tree or on a rock, enjoy a simple meal and contemplate the horizon. Tempting, isn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1777\" data-end=\"1809\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61647\" style=\"color: #666666; font-size: 14px;\" src=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2383.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2383.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_2383-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 960px, 100vw\" \/><\/h3>\n<h2 data-start=\"2526\" data-end=\"2574\">The afternoon: listening to and inhabiting the landscape<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"2576\" data-end=\"2801\">During the afternoon, the experience deepens through a <strong data-start=\"2634\" data-end=\"2673\">time of accompaniment in landscape.<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"2674\" data-end=\"2677\" \/>A space of listening and reflection lived in dialogue with the territory, the rhythm of the body and what emerges in silence.<br \/>\nIt is about <strong data-start=\"2872\" data-end=\"2903\">create conditions for presence<\/strong> \u2014 where thoughts, concerns and intuitions can arise without pressure, without predefined objectives, without urgency.<br \/>\nHere, nature is neither a backdrop nor a tool.<br \/>\nIt is an active part of the process.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62170\" src=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3479.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3479.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3479-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_3479-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1250px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 data-start=\"3122\" data-end=\"3151\">What if it lasted three days?<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"3153\" data-end=\"3260\">What if this experience were extended over three consecutive days, allowing time to do its work?<br \/>\nA rhythm shaped by the place, the days and the people.<br \/>\nAlone or in a small group.<br data-start=\"3337\" data-end=\"3340\" \/>In a simple, convivial space, far removed from the digital world and constant noise.<br data-start=\"3439\" data-end=\"3442\" \/>A rare luxury. And deeply necessary.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62108\" src=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1250\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377.jpeg 1250w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377-980x551.jpeg 980w, https:\/\/wewantgreen.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/IMG_3377-480x270.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1250px, 100vw\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An experience of presence, listening and long time Is there anything more appropriate than immersion in nature to disconnect from the constant background noise and acceleration that define contemporary urbanised and hyper-connected societies? 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