Tonight
TopazOwl

Sat Mar  6 23:20:38 1999
     I was trudging back from the barn tonight in about a foot and a half of snow. It's been snowing here all night and all day, with a blowing wind that makes visibility close to nil, and the roads are quite bad. Well, as I was trudging with my low boots steadily filling up with snow, I stopped suddenly, because a part of me became aware of something quite strange and wonderful.*p*     I listened, barely breathing, as the snow drifted down around me. What did I hear?*p*     Nothing. I heard a perfect silence. I sensed a perfect stillness. Not a car, not a sound, not even wind in the perfect muffled vastness, before I became aware of my own heartbeat.*p*     I smiled, and grudgingly began to move again, because it is true that just a rare moment of absolute silence is sometimes better for the soul than music. :-)*p*Leigh