One Apple A Day #588 - just listen
Earlier this morning, I was sitting with my eyes closed. I was trying to slow down my heartbeat after the morning exercises. There was a lot of noise at the beginning, but not outside. It was inside my head. Thoughts and images spinning around chasing each other. And my heart pumping in my ears.
So, I shift my attention outwards. The familiar sound of my dog barking to someone or something. The engine of a car, slowing pulling away taking someone to work. The birds singing, a choir of different voices that I can't recognize but I felt some were saying hello to the new day and others were saying goodbye to the finishing night. A kid's voice asking for something, maybe breakfast. The cat drinking from its bowl.
Then, all of a sudden, the silence. Complete silence. As if the world pauses for a moment. I couldn't even hear my own breath. My body felt light as if it was made of air.
I opened my eyes, and the world burst to life with all it sounds, voices, colours, light, and smells. It felt so alive. I felt so alive.
I want to do it more often. Pause and listen. Not to achieve something, not even peace. Just to be.