I Enjoy The Silence

There is silence and there is peace. Sometimes I think they are the same, other times, not. But both are gifts to savour and delight in.

I am sitting here and listening to that delightful pause in my life where all is still and calm. I can hear the birds sweetly talking to each other and somehow they seem to be smiling at the day and the simple beauty of their surroundings. They know this is a gift. They understand that a green, leafy and shady tree gives them comfort and protection and they are happy. To listen to them and allow their simple peace to gently whisper to me is sublime and I hold onto this moment in time, tightly. I close my eyes and breath deeply, every part of me wants to capture this moment, to put it away in my mind and heart and my very soul, and to savour again and again.

But I know I can't as the day will wane away, the twilight, then the darkness will come and my friends in the trees will fall silent once more. But that is OK. That is the simple and great and joyous beauty of a day given as a gift.

A brief but beautiful moment in time.

This gift was given to me and for that, I can say I am truly blessed.