When dear hubby and I went to the Smokey Mountains last month, we thought we knew silence.
We live outside of a relatively small college town, that's pretty quiet. In the morning, we can hear the woodpeckers, and all manner of other birds that I cannot identify. At twilight in the warm months, we watch the deer come out of the woods on one side of the street and go into the woods on the other side. It is so quiet, and we love it.
When we went to the mountains, we were amazed at the silence! It was so refreshing, not to hear cars or the ambulance going by (we have two hospitals in our town, and even though we don't live near them, we do hear the sirens), or even other people. There were no telephone's ringing or even the hum of the computer. We really didn't know silence!
Now that we've experienced real silence, we crave it. Although it's not often, I'm not really upset when the electricity goes out around here. I realize how much noise pollution is in our "quiet" house. I now understand why sometimes it can be so hard for me to hear God's voice. We have decided to make it a priority to get away periodically and enjoy the "real"quiet.
Shhh....listen to the silence...and enjoy.
Hubby & I went to the Grand Canyon in 2007 and that was the first time we experienced silence like that. It was so quiet, you couldn't hear anything. It was so peaceful.
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