Although I have picked up and discarded much evidence of the deer roaming in my yard throughout the winter, I haven’t actually seen the deer very often. Yesterday morning this doe stopped to rest for a long moment — at least a couple of hours. Looking weary, she stared into my eyes, almost pleading for me to let her rest.
Normally I would chase her away and encourage her to invade another yard and leave my garden alone, but nothing much is growing yet.
I know what it feels like to need a quiet space where I am comfortable and welcome. Of course, that is easy to find in my own home since I live alone and have plenty of time and space. But lately I have found that the quiet is bothering me, and every empty moment I just turn on the news, or sit down at the piano to practice, or send messages to family and friends. In order to fall asleep I need news or Ted talks playing on my iPad.
The quiet is too quiet; it frees up too much space in my brain and brings too many thoughts into my head.
Starting today I am hoping to stick to my resolve to turn off the news, and take care of those thoughts that swirl around in my head. I know I can’t solve any of the world problems by doom-scrolling and listening to hours of news each day, but maybe a few minutes of silence can help solve some of my own self-doubt and negative thinking.
And then, perhaps, I can make a difference in my own life.
Reflections 
Good luck. I mean this sincerely. Mental housekeeping is something we can find so many ways to avoid.
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What a pretty visitor you had in your yard. I’ll never understand how people can hunt and kill such a beautiful animal. Did you hear it let out a sigh of relief when you walked away and didn’t disturb it’s rest time?
Good for you for deciding to shut off the news. What a difference that can make in one’s life. Welcome the silence, see it as a welcoming friend, an opportunity to hear what the silence has to say and to give it expression in writing or some kind of art form.
Have your heard of the Let Them Theory book by Mel Robbins? Interesting concepts there.
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I just did a search for The Let Them Theory book, and read some of the introduction. It is very interesting how such a simple step, repeated over and over can lead to gratification change. Thanks!
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