By Dilynn Wise
Come and sit a spell. There is something about sitting and observing nature. It involves no thought, or excessive energy, to do so. Have you sat and watched the sunrise? Or sunset from beginning to end? The reality of life is so busy and chaotic that there is no time to sit. We spend so much of our lives rushing, rushing, rushing, to and from one place to the next. Taking the time, making the time, to just sit is a wonderful thing to do for yourself. And if you find a special place to sit and watch nature unfold before you, all that is left is to listen to what nature has to tell you.
Listening is something we say we do well, when really we are trying to wait for the opportunity to interject our thoughts and relay our true meaning from a few minutes ago, because the other person interrupted. There are times when we are trying to make ourselves understood and the words or phrases used do not give the other person a proper picture of what is being said. So you try again, and again, and now both parties are frustrated and the original point is just being repeated even louder. Because no one is listening, truly listening, to each other.
Nature is quite the opposite. There is nothing to understand, convey, or explain; there is nothing to do but simply listen. Listen to the roar of the river; or the rattle and sway of the trees talking to each other in the wind, not caring one bit about you sitting there. Then there are the animals whose home you have come to visit and soon will leave, like you were never there. All of these things outside want nothing from you, so all there is to do is sit awhile, and listen.
Can you do it? Have you found a place? I have found mine, and have found a way to be there for the whole summer. I am very lucky to have a place to sit a spell.