The Sigh of Silence

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Half of the leaves have fallen, half have yet to fall. Leaves underfoot, leaves overhead. I’m surrounded by beauty.

“And then there crept

A little noiseless noise among the leaves,

Born of the very sigh that silence heaves.”

– John Keats –

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Sand and Marble

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“Write injuries in sand, kindnesses in marble.”

– French proverb –

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Who Can Clutch It?

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“The beauty that shimmers in the yellow afternoons of October,

who ever could clutch it?”

– Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Nature” –

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Talking of Rain

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“The aspens at the cross-roads talk together

Of rain, until their last leaves fall from the top.”

– Edward Thomas, “Aspens” –

The cool morning breeze is whispering to the trees that rain is coming. Hackberries and elms are dropping their golden-brown leaves a few at a time. As they drift slowly down, I breathe deeply of this moment of peace.

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Autumn-New

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“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.”

– F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby –

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Every Arrow that Flies

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“If you would hit the mark, you must aim a little above it;

Every arrow that flies feels the attraction of earth.”

– Henry Wadsworth Longfellow –

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A Nest and an Apple Tree

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My heart is like a singing bird

Whose nest is in a watered shoot;

My heart is like an apple-tree

Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit.

– Christina Rossetti –

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A Swift Blessing

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“May you live every day of your life.”

– Jonathan Swift –

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Part of the Music

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“Moments of silence are part of the music.”

– Anonymous –

In music, moments of rhythmic silence are called rests. But rest also means “peace of mind or spirit.” I wondered if the word restore had the same linguistic origin as rest, but it doesn’t. And yet they are related in a sense. Restore means to renew, rebuild, and give back, which is what rest does for us—it renews us, rebuilds our spirits, and gives back our energy. Rest, our moments of silence and peace of mind, are necessary for the rhythms of our lives. Rest is part of life’s music.

Wishing you good rest this week.

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