Yesterday was Sunday, but today Monday; brought the real surprise. After seven months of constant, relentless construction noise from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., we woke up to a gift we didn't know we were receiving: absolute, pin-drop silence.
The experience was overwhelming. My phone buzzed with DMs and calls from neighbors; we were all tapping each other, virtually and literally, asking, "Is this real?" It was as if even the construction workers had collectively decided to take a holiday, leaving us in an extended, rejuvenating hush. And these neighbors include nature itself, birds, dogs, air, trees, leaves and many many others.
When the machines fall silent, the world speaks.
I watched the birds partying with their peers, flying with a newfound freedom. The dogs roamed the streets without the usual disturbance of heavy boots and loud engines. Even the dust seemed to be at rest, no longer agitated by the grind of renovation.
But it was the air that moved me the most. She seemed to whisper as she knocked on my window, "I feel lightweight today." It was as if the wind itself was tired of carrying the heavy burden of noise and depositing dust everywhere. Today, she didn't have to "post" those harsh sounds to our ears. She wasn't tired. She was fresh.
We have become so habituated to the constant 360-degree cacophony of "progress" that we forgot what peace felt like. Today, the silence was so deep it sounded beautiful.
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