July Afternoon

It has been a very quiet July day. The birds are singing, the sun is shining and I am alone. After the events and losses over the past couple weeks, I will take the quiet. My husband is out working on his various projects and my son's are spending quality time with their grandparents. I am enjoying myself with various little things that make me happy like listening to the birds, playing my video game and doing nothing at all.
There is a great value in doing nothing. It centers us and makes us still. In today's world we are not still enough. Too much running and going and email and texting makes our world such a loud and busy place. You can't go into a bathroom without somoene on their phone in the stall next to you! Gaah. Give me a quiet day, a day for some downtime. No phones, no computer, no tv. You will see me a much healthier and happier person for it.