Silence.....

The coolness of the night had made it's way into my apartment via the intake mode of my fan in the window to the point where it woke me up two hours earlier than I usually do. I'm one of those people that need a noise of some sort to help me sleep. It's the a/c, the fan or my noise machine that I use for that purpose. This time I was so cool that I had to get up and turn the fan off and then the loudness of the silence was apparent. I decided to go back to bed without turning anything on. After a few seconds the absolute silence became a welcome place to be. Not even the refrigerator made a sound. I became aware that it's been a very long time indeed since I heard this amount of silence. When I lived in the country I heard it many times during my early morning, walk the dog, days. I was surprised not only by the fact that there was no traffic, no people talking on the street below or no sirens of any kind, but I was also becoming aware of the fact that not the smallest hint of a breeze was there. And also no early birds were singing, cats yelling or dogs barking. There was only me and the silence. A silence so peaceful that I just lie there with extreme contentment. It became obvious that I haven't been aware of the amount of noise that I've become used to. I swore to myself that from now on I'll try to listen to that silence more often because of that feeling of total connection to myself and Mother Earth.