Thoughts, sounds, images, everything coming and going and coming again. It can be quite tiresome, the lawlessness and misdirection of thought.
I sat quietly on a ridge that faced westward. The sun still high in the sky peaked through breaks in the fog. It's warmth quite contrasting to the chill I felt from the cool air surging up the hill's face. The wind raged with such a force that it rushed past me in an encompassing whoosh. The frenzied wind whizzed with a constant hum that brought harmony to the world surrounding me.
I focused my attention on a single grain of sand that jumped, rolled and bounded in the wind and I quite honestly felt that I was dancing in rhythm with it.
I fixated my gaze at a cresting wave a few meters off-shore. The wave's lip pursed and curled towards me and as it did, broke in an avalanche of churning white water that raced to shore. Strangely, I heard it's crackle and splurge so vividly as it pelted the rugged and broken rocky shore; I heard it fizzle out like the sizzling from a greased up pan over an open flame until it rejoined the harmonizing hum of that raging wind.
The fog rolled in and greeted the patient birds enthusiastically rustling their feathers from the tickle of moisture in the air.
The ceremonious moaning of the fog horns welcomed ships excited at the site of the Golden Gate after weeks of fighting the torment of the open sea. The continuous mumbling so soothing that it too suited my surroundings and joined in melody with the sand, the waves and the birds.
I felt calm then. Stepping outside of the voice in my head I no longer felt the interference of thought. With an open mind, I could shape myself to the present with a confounding coming together. A beautiful SYMPHONY of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch.
Nature has the power to open up an internal awareness that connects us to the present moment. In the present moment, you allow yourself the space to feel everything free of conflicting thought and emotion. Free of worry, full of promise.
Escape the voice in your head. Get lost in nature. Create your symphony.