Poetic Shutterbug

Silence is a source of great strength - Lao Tzu Photo courtesy of www.buddhagroove.com In this day and age where everyone is busy each moment of everyday there is little time to just stop, relax and be silent.  However in order to truly be who we really are we need to take that time to look within and take hold of our spirit. My two questions this week are: 1. Do you take the time to be silent each day? 2. Is it through prayer, meditation or otherwise that you get in touch with your innermost feelings? Click the above widget for more Thursday Two Questions Meme fun.

Both photos taken by me -View of my Street from the Great Highway along Ocean Beach The wind caresses my face while I follow cotton candy clouds dancing against blue skies. Seagulls gracefully swirl above while black hawks hover over sand dunes. The pounding of waves against the shore reverberate in a familiar echo as an aquatic symphony permeates the salt air. I breath and inhale the refreshing sounds in a moment of sheer joy. When all of a sudden, the silence interrupts. The birds mute, the wind quietly slapping my cheeks without even a whisper and the waves lost. Heavy footsteps, my own, are all I can hear amongst the dead solitude despite the colors of life surrounding me. For a moment, the deafness brings me to a place of relentless despair. A place where complete quiet resides and my ears no longer exist. Sounds escape me and I am lost in a world without life.