Quiet is Good

This morning I left my apartment at about 5:30 am. There's a rare clarity that comes with leaving so early. It's almost as if you're in on some little secret about how the world really works. 

The nuances and subtleties of everyday living that are so easy to overlook while hailing a cab or scanning a touchscreen are practically in 3D. 

Life, however briefly, makes perfect sense.

I felt tempted to throw on my iPod and start blasting some inspirational tunes to wake me from my stupor but instead took a long stroll to work and did nothing but sit with my thoughts. 

I let them lead the way regardless of how nonsensical, non sequitur, or nonsignificant. 

For a moment I didn't give into the noise. I passed up the chance to prioritize the nonessential. And I chose to listen rather than busy myself.

As author Greg McKeown puts it:

"What if we stopped celebrating being busy as a measurement of importance? What if instead we celebrated how much time we had spent listening, pondering, meditating, and enjoying time with the most important people in our lives?"

Quiet is good. 

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