My husband and the dogs are returning today. They've been gone almost a week, and it's been a good break, but it will be nice to have them back. Next time, I guess I will go up, and see the spring wildflowers and watch the lake and the boats from the deck. I must say I've done a pretty fine job of relaxing down here, and feel rested. I still wake up early and get up at the same time, but it's quieter and I've managed to see people and entertain myself quite well. I have always had the inner resources to do that, because I grew up mostly in rural places, where walking in the woods, or reading, or picking blackberries or biking to the river were the choices. No movies, no structured social events, no shows or shopping. I'm not lonely when I'm alone.
I wonder if my generation will be the last to be able to enjoy solitude and a vast amount of unstructured time? It appears to be almost panic - these people on their Iphones texting desperately, keeping busy, "connecting". Silence is just not bearable these days. And there never is real silence, but you can't hear the sounds of nature if ear buds are blasting music, even great music, and there is a kind of insulation to the drone of television, Ipods, radios and the like. Technology is separating us artificially from what sustains us. What this means for the future I don't know and won't be around to witness. But it makes no sense to give up resources and capacities that surround us and don't charge us for their use. It's earth speaking. We surely should listen.
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