Quiet

There is a time to think. There is a time to speak. There is a time to simply embrace quiet.

 

Reaching quiet and appreciating it is a skill which is rapidly fading in our buzzing media culture. People walk around speaking aloud at machines without hesitation or consideration. Cars cruise around quiet neighborhood streets with blasting music pouring from open windows. Some individuals change out car mufflers for noisier versions to assert some kind of misguided machismo. In the quiet of nature reserves, hikers wear earplugs attached to iPods or iPhones.

 

Is there any reason to wonder why governments feel free to ignore climate change? Is there any reason to wonder why industry does not hesitate to make plans which are destructive to the natural environment? Why would governments or capitalists attend to nature's quiet grace if populations are enthralled with the noise and pollution of technology?

 

Today is my day for embracing quiet.