We all need time when we can get away from the hustle and bustle of things. Time when we can just sit and be still. For some, that time is just after sending the kids off to school. Taking the time to just sit with a cup of tea and sit and gaze out the kitchen window. For others, it might be the time on transit, sitting on the metro or a city bus, listening to some classical music. Surrounded by people, and yet lost in a little bubble of peace and serenity. For others, it is a lunch break, when they can get outside to a little park, and can sit and contemplate the beauty of a tiny piece of nature.
It's funny, how we can be surrounded by the sights and sounds of people or crowds, traffic and congestion... and yet we can have our own little oasis of calm and peace. It's like we have taken a time out. It's time for us... time in which we can just stop and be still... For me, it happens at Starbucks. I can stop and sit here, surrounded by people, surrounded by the sights and sounds of a busy cafe, with conversations bubbling all around me... And yet, I am in my own little world. I sit here and I blog or read the news... it is me time... time just for me. I can read a book. I can write a letter. I can just sit and sip my hot chocolate. For me, it's a precious time... a time that I am jealous of... a time that allows me to round myself... allows me to reconnect with my deeper self. It is a time oasis...
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