I grew up in a very secular home with no religion at all, so I was starting from zero.
It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.
Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.
I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.
A 2002 Oxford study showed counting sheep actually delays the onset of sleep. It's just too dull to stop us from worrying about jobs and spouses.
This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.