Early-Morning Holiday Thoughts

One week's leave - and the kid has left for school. The neighbours are heading for work one by one, and all that I can hear is rain and birds. Peace & quiet.

I think the quiet is one of the things I treasure about being on leave on my own, without the kid around (and his associated computer/tv/friends noise). Mornings are silent - and I try to keep them that way. Unfortunately, now and then someone decides to drill things or hammar things or similar - at which point I simply get into the car and go elsewhere.

This morning I'm taking at least an hour out to sit in silence, and hopefully not fall asleep. To just be still and calm and quiet. To finish a thought without interruption. Just as soon as the rubbish truck has been and gone, and the dogs have had their entertaining bark! :)

I have a lot to think about, but am not going to let my mind get too busy. I'm going to just let it flow through the interconnected paths it needs to take. To explore things that can only be found in quiet and consider angles that rushing would obscure. To imagine, dream and simply rest. I guess one could call it meditation. Whatever it is though, it's soul-food and one of the things I really look forward to doing when those little bits of time off work roll around.

::update::
Oh, the joyous harmony of chainsaws in the morning (not)! Drowning out the 14 different kinds of birdsong (if I counted correctly) I was enjoying the sound of. I'll just have to practice my "hear the silence through the noise" thing.