Is there still time for happy moments?
IN MY OPINIONKlaus Doring
Terror attack in Nice/France! Breaking news – just a minute ago. Coup in Turkey. Clashes in Kashmir.
From time to time I love silence. I need quietness. – Do you observe that we live in a real frightful loud world? At every corner of our daily life are innumerable chances of being covered up with sometimes unbearable din and noise. The loud outcry gives me the needle. We don’t have nerves of steel forever.
I strongly agree with Davao Acting Mayor Paolo Duterte prohibiting the conduct of street par-ties and concerts down-town during the Kadayawan festival next month. Yes, the order is consistent with the festival’s central theme this year – that is to focus on the plight of the 11 tribes of Davao City. Let’s get to know more the culture and traditions of the Lumads and Muslims.
Anyway, I am not really a fan of going out at night. If you ask me how to spend a lovely evening after a hectic and stressful and, especially, noisy day – plain and simple.
The nicest occurrence is the silence, the intimate taciturnity, which can even “weld” people or partners together. It might sound just like an idiomatic expression, but believe me; not being forced to talk is great! No, I don’t mean that we have nothing to say to each other any more – or, he or she won’t listen to a special reason…. I am talking about a deep understanding between people, who are together and are able to share time in quiet and silent happiness.
After a long and strenuous day, it is a real big comfort to sit and lean back, read all the (old!) newspapers and magazines from the last days and weeks while enjoying a glass of wine and a handful peanuts. A crossword puzzle is easier to solve while having a “silent” radio program in the back-ground, instead a “roars to hell” television show.
Try it. It’s indeed relaxing after traffic woes, the heat and dust of the day, telephones’ ringing, machine rattlings, meetings and never ending discussions. Why should we talk right now?
Feeling safe and secure, inseparable, indestructible with peace in our minds and our surroun-dings, this is what we really mean to each other, understanding without words. At home, some-where in the garden, at a beach – there are many wonderful places. And, suddenly out of the blue from the bottom of our heart and from the depth of comfort and ease, we might be able to speak about things, which couldn’t be discussed earlier. A good talk grows – but without compulsion or constraint or obligation, desperate or being forced.
Try it, and might feel like walking hand-in-hand on a lonely sand beach, such as “once upon a time” with our first partner. And, unexpectedly: we become silent again AND thankful for it.
We really seldom take a break. We spend too much time in this terrible and frightful loud world…
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