On Idleness vs. Laziness

I have come to the conclusion that idleness is not, in fact, laziness. Now i'm sure there are millions of people out there who are idling lazily about this lonesome world. But idleness is not, i'm convinced, inherently laziness. I came to this conclusion by observing myself. Lately I have been working on my art manically, to a point where it is becoming unhealthy obsession, no matter what i'm doing, it's the sole focus of my mind. Yesterday I decided that I need to slow my role so to speak and just soak in all these ideas and thoughts without immediately releasing them onto the page or through my guitar. So in a sense I decided to bide my time, and although I still had that intense impulse propelling me to write or sing or strum, I chose to sit and smile instead. I found that it cleared up a whole lot of doubt and uncertainty that I was beginning to have concerning my art. i've been experimenting more with this concept and it will take time to find the balance between output and input, but the journey is not the means to an end. It is the journey that makes it all worthwhile.