I have found that it is so easy to get caught up....thinking, worrying, planning, deciding, working things out, not-thinking....all of this is very draining. Silence or rather quietness is the opposite. Quietness brings refreshment, sensory calm, and a feeling of fullness yet without weight.
Quietness comes to us either through imposed circumstances or conscious effort. It is difficult to find time and space to practice being quiet, but I find the natural elements an easy way into it....after a time I can sink into my surroundings and the other stuff falls away. The sounds of the ocean or the trees is soothing, a bracing wind can force the mind to just focus on walking one step at a time and this focus can bring us quiet. I am fortunate to live so closely with nature, but calm surroundings, even just a beautiful flower or a potted fern we can rest our eyes upon can help us, nature acts as a bell that brings us back into ourselves, returning home to ourselves in each moment.
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