This morning when I got up, the house was quite. I knew that at least one other person was up, but everything inside was still. I cracked the window open and heard the birds outside and the sound of a distant lawnmower. And even though the sounds where different, I was instantly transported back to early mornings in Haiti.
Mornings in Haiti where one of my favorite parts of the day. As we all got up and got going, everyone moved silently through the house, respectful of those that were having devotions or quite time before really starting their day. But in the distance, you could here children playing, dirt bikes coming up the road, hammers hard at work and people busily going about their tasks for the day. I loved it. There is something very peaceful about hearing the sounds around you but having quiet within your walls. I think one of the reason for that is because those surrounding sounds don't have anything to do with us directly. They let us know that another day has begun and people are going about the things that need to be done, but there is no pressure or stress when the sounds we're hearing aren't calling us out yet.
I think too often in life we forget to listen to the stillness and peace within and instead find ourselves overwhelmed by the busyness and noise that are around us - even when that noise has nothing to do with us. The stress starts to build and we feel like we should be doing something. We live in a "doing" world after all. But if we take time to focus and listen to the stillness within, then the surrounding sounds start to become just background noise. And peace begins to settle over us as we realize the noise of the world shouldn't be calling us out quite yet. Not until we've had our quiet time.... and our morning coffee :)
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