In the world we live in, everybody wants to be in the happening place, where there's so much hustle and bustle, groovy, full of 'fun' and activity. Very few would want to be in a quiet or solitary place. Few would love to take off from the noisome activities and have some few minutes apart. Few would want to take out time to meditate. Few would love to listen to the sound of silence.
Yet, this sound has so much to do in the life of the one who'd listen to it. The best of life are not the things which are seen and heard with the physical eyes and ears but that which is percieved with the inner senses.
So much sounds are crisscrossing the world which we know nothing about; so much is being said without our hearing; so many conversations are going on without our knowledge because the human being is built like a radio device: built to pick up the frequencies that transverse the earth. If we can only fine-tune our minds, we'd be able to pic up these frequencies. Like the proverb that says 'if you listen well enough, you will hear the footsteps of ants'.
Take out time to be alone, in a quiet place; to listen to the conversations of your mind, and the communications of between your soul and nature. Even if you don't hear anything, you will atleast succeed in relaxing your mind and soothing your nerves because that's one of the benefits of listening to the sound of silence.
Kaylese Emele
School Field, Isu Secondary School, Isu, Onicha LGA, Ebonyi state
21st October, 2010
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