The Quiet Between Heartbeats
I was sitting on a park bench this morning, watching a group of kids chase each other in circles. They were loud, messy, and full of that frantic energy that makes the world feel like it’s spinning too fast. Then, I noticed one girl who had simply stopped. She wasn’t crying or upset; she had just stepped out of the noise to watch the ducks on the pond. It was as if she had found a secret pocket of air in the middle of a storm. We spend so much of our lives trying to keep up with the pace of everyone else, constantly performing or participating, that we forget how to just exist in our own company. There is a specific kind of bravery in choosing to be still when the world is demanding your movement. It makes me wonder: when was the last time you let yourself be completely alone without feeling the need to fill the silence with a distraction?
Shirren Lim has captured this exact feeling of stillness in her beautiful image titled In Solitude. It reminds me that even in the middle of a busy fair, we can find a place to breathe. Does this image make you want to find your own quiet corner today?
