My friend who is from Suriname only moved to this city last year. She said to me that she only heard the noise of the traffic from her apartment where she lives in. She never heard birds chirping. Many birds might have moved away from the city. In fact, we do not live really far from each other. I said to her that every morning I still could enjoy birds chirping from the roof top. She might just not be aware of it. The next morning she texted to me excitedly that she heard rooster making a morning wake up call. She was so amazed and asked herself if it was always doing it everyday, but she just didn’t hear it. Because the awareness was not there, so the rooster didn’t seem to exist to her.
She wrote this: “I am just having a break from my work and sitting on my sofa and I hear birds chirping. So sweet.”
This covid-19 has brought new awarness in many of us. Being more aware of what is around us including what is in the nature. Everything might be the same, but because there is no awarness, they do not seem to exist to us. They are too small compared to our focus in our day-to-day life. We miss to enjoy and appreciate their existence. To be mindful is to be aware. Being aware is being in the now.
Thank you for sharing, Kawita.
I started hearing birds in the mornings too!
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Great! Thanks for sharing.
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Muse got me doing the same!
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That is so true. I wake up to birds chirping and it’s such a wonderful way to start the day
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Yes. Nature always shows wonder. Thank you stay safe in The Phillipine
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For better or for worse, quarantine has changed our perception of life. Time alone with our silence has made us look inside to be more reflective.
Good reading
Manuel
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Agree. Thanks for sharing here. Stay safe
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Same wish for you. Sweet dreams
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It is now day time here in Indonesia 😊
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The birds have been always chirping, we just hear it more now, because all the noise in the world has become silent, therefore we awaken to the beauty which has always been there.
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Yes. Agree, Cornelia. It is amazing almost he whole world has the same feeling now.
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Yeah, there is a lot out there to rediscover. This situation has really turned up my awareness. Great post!
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Thank you. Stay healthy and stay well!
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Technology does wonders! Great time to be alive with all these opportunities and tools for mindfulness 🤗
Thanks for sharing! 😄
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Exactly!
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I love this post, I am very grateful for the birds!
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I started doing my early morning post walk breathing exercises in our patio instead of indoors and hear the chirping of birds and the distance echo of morning prayers
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Good on you!
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