Silence
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On Saturday, I stood on the edge of a lookout in the Wild Basin Preserve with nothing but a crisp breeze and the afternoon sun shining down on me. All I could hear was silence.
While sometimes I may run from it, silence nourishes me like nothing else can. Growing up in a small Texas town (and what some would consider the country), it used to be all I knew. Except for the occasional train that would pass through in the middle of the night, life was pretty quiet.
Each year I get older, I long to recreate this silence and it’s becoming more and more important to me. While I’m amazed at the numerous gadgets I can stick in my ears and fiddle with on a daily basis, I am also grateful for the moments I can get away from them. Meditation helps. Yoga does too. So does being in nature. No cars rushing by. No sirens. No loud music. No talking. No nothing.
What do you do to find silence?
If you’re curious, Julian Treasure has a fascinating talk on the influence of sound and how silence and protecting our ears is important to living a healthy life:
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Thank you. I love this.
I always turn off the TV when Zach leaves for work so Z, Bodhi and I are not bombarded by noise. I don’t like background noise, unless it’s music.
During any day, I love to find silence in the few minutes that Z is playing by himself, so absorbed he doesn’t ask me to join in. I sit and meditate when Bodhi takes a nap and Z is playing by himself. Other than that I love to take them out for long hikes at state parks or in the neighborhood. At night, I often sit out on our back porch and stare at the stars and darkness. Our neighborhood is quiet, has no street lights, and our house backs up to the woods. I like that.
Thanks Nichole. I don’t like background noise either. When I’m home, it’s typically only music or silence for me. Anything more feels intrusive.