Sometimes I find myself sitting at my desk with my headphones on and not listening to anything. Occasionally I like to block out the world's noise. There seems to be so much of it these days, too. As I write this, I hear the continuous sound of rain thumping on the gutter outside my office window. So I pop on my headphones and it's gone. The quietness helps calm me. My mind stops chattering. Unpleasant thoughts start to fade. No more Tucson tragedy, political demagoguery, recession, and rogue countries.
Instead, there's peace and quiet. Until I take the headphones off. And that's when the real world comes back to me and reminds me there's work to do.
0 comments:
Post a Comment