Silence.
Finding time for peace in these chaotic times. Where everything seems to be happening at full force. Full speed ahead.
Finding moments to take a deep breath, to sit with myself and savour the moment, when so much is on disarray and around us.
Silence, searching for silence in these loud and painful times. Overloaded by images and sounds, stories of never ending suffering. So important to find the silence and hold onto it for a bit.
Sometimes, it can be found in the least expected ways as well, in the unexpected moments that present themselves. Especially when we trust and sink into the moment.
To close my eyes and sink, let everything slip away, if only for a moment, the briefest of moments even.
To step away from the chaos and walk towards the calm.
Deep breath.
Lighter heart.
Seeking the silence that surrounds and the silence within.
The pool filling up, sorry for the shite quality, my phone does not take good night time photos.
It's after midnight and I'm sitting outside watching a swimming pool fill up. It's best to wait till night time to fill it up with acequia water, during the day, it's used by the people on this road. I listen to the water gushing into the pool, with piping I had to tape together, so that it reached the pool. So I'm not sitting in silence, but yet there is silence to be found.
The silence within myself, so that I can sit here and enjoy the moment. The almost full moon, the sky full of stars, the beautiful stillness that only the night can bring with it.
Every now and then I get up and use the net to get out any leaves that have found their way into the pool. It's a meditative job and in doing so, I connect easily with that silence within.
These moments that at first consideration, seem like a burden. having to work in the middle of the night, worried about how it will affect the rest of my weekend, as surely I will get to sleep before 3a.m. Which was nothing when I was in my twenties, single with no kids. When all I had to care about was myself. But oh how times change and oh how I grow wiser. To see the unexpected opportunities, that come my way.
Because, within this late night job, I get to enjoy some silence, some peace, so me time, uninterrupted me time, which lets face it, is a gift. I could have just dragged my feet and moaned, if I had wanted to. If I chose to see it as an inconvenience. But instead my older wiser self, seized the moment.
Now it's past 2a.m, I've just walked home in the moon light, in the distance I could hear dogs barking, but there were no other signs of life around me. Like the whole world had paused, whilst I got to walk in this sacred hour, guided by the moon light and the silence. Oh the beauty of night time walking and of getting to be alone.
