Listen to the Sounds
As you have been walking … and looking … there have been sounds all about you. Stop from everything and simply listen. Listen to all the sounds: then pick out individual sounds – birds, bugs, wind, plane, people’s voices, whatever. Listen to the variety, the individuality of each sound. Listen to the symphony. Don’t rush. Spend time listening. How closely can you listen, how attentively, with what concentration? What difference does this make to listen in this way? What does it tell you about your usual way of listening – to nature, to people, to yourself? Isn’t it wonderful to listen and to know that you are listening and that this is a peculiarly wonderful human gift?
