What’s better than silence? Near silence.
When I was younger and living in Glace Bay, I used to enjoy walking down to the end of South Street to the beach. Except for summer there was no one there, and I could sit and watch the watch the waves. Some days I would dream of sailing down the coast or sailing across the ocean. Other days I used the sounds of the sea to calm my mind. The simple sound of the waves and nothing else is something I crave to this day.
Silence is great. But there is something in the almost silence of a place that is better. It can be any sounds, from the ocean to the wires in the walls humming. Part of your brain is engaged by the simple sound while the rest of it finds peace in the background of quietness.
If you can, try to find such near silence. Give your brain just the break it needs.
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