Do you ever stand still? Really still, in both mind and body? Lay down your book, pen, computermouse, or whatever you were doing and just.. focus. Listen to the sounds around you: ticking clocks, singing birds, the wind blowing against the trees, raindrops crashing against the window, children's laughter. Or maybe there are no sounds, except for the beating of your heart.
Can you look around at all the small things that you've forgotten to notice in your busy life? A teacup on the table, a browning banana, a snail in the garden. Can you look at those things and think 'they're beautiful'? Can you imagine what life would be like, without all those tiny details? I wonder how many people in the world really do this. How many people are aware of life's fragility. Of how valuable one lifetime is. I often wonder, if more people could see the world the way I do, wouldn't there be less hurt? Less violence? Would people think twice before damaging their body, if they realized how much they'd be throwing away? Would they be more respectful to others, if they realized they were, basically, just other versions of themselves? I wonder.
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08-04-09
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