Nothing.
No rain.
No birds.
No wind.
No waves.
No buzzing.
No beeping.
No blinking.
No haze.
When there’s no office hum.
And no kitchen clatter.
When there are no idling cars.
And no distant chatter.
When there’s absolute, perfect silence and really nothing else.
When your ears strain for sound, and just meet silence itself.
Well, that beautiful rare moment is so sweet.
And so perfectly
AWESOME!
37 Comments
January 16, 2009 at 12:34 am
I waited far too long thinking something was going to load. Thank you for the silence.
December 3, 2009 at 8:25 pm
me too :)
January 25, 2010 at 6:26 pm
as did I (: haha
January 27, 2010 at 8:10 pm
Actually, hilight the page, there is some text in white.
January 16, 2009 at 12:39 am
I live for moments like this.
Ironically, this is also what happens when you die.
Eek.
January 16, 2009 at 12:50 am
Ahhhh…
January 16, 2009 at 12:57 am
oh, so you gotta highlight it… ooooo
January 16, 2009 at 1:16 am
The most amazing one!
January 16, 2009 at 1:27 am
Awesom indeed!
January 16, 2009 at 5:21 am
Thanks PICDIT! I thought that something was going to load, but then I thought he was trying to get his message across by putting nothing. It wasn’t until I read the comments that I realized that you have to highlight the post to see it.
January 16, 2009 at 9:55 am
yeah. but perfect silence should be at least top100 :D
January 16, 2009 at 10:49 am
I actually liked this post better thinking it was blank.
January 16, 2009 at 10:50 am
Great post!
Last night I just saw the episode of The Simpsons when Homer and Lisa do a session in the sensory deprivation tank. First you see Lisa desperately trying to turn off her inner chatter. Homer simply remarks: BORING!
I also enjoy the artificial silence you get with ear plugs. One minute: loud snoring / party in the next room / bagpipes. Next minute: merciful silence. Awesome.
January 16, 2009 at 1:12 pm
I also was dependent on the comments to realize that you had to highlight something. I thought it was just blank.
Great post – read like a poem.
Two enthusiastic thumbs up.
January 16, 2009 at 1:26 pm
Silence doesn’t work for me, my ears ring. :(
January 16, 2009 at 3:10 pm
Right when I opened this a car alarm went off and a plane flew overhead
January 16, 2009 at 4:25 pm
Stupid. I don’t know anybody who particularly likes silence. It’s more eerie than anything.
January 16, 2009 at 5:09 pm
perfect!!
January 16, 2009 at 6:43 pm
This is the kind of silence we feel when my husband and I are sitting by the side of a perfectly calm lake on a perfectly peaceful summer afternoon. Just him and me (and the dog) and this heavenly silence. We call it the “ahhhhh feeling” where you let every thought go and just sink into nature. I love it, love it, love it.
January 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm
simply brilliant
cheers from Argentina
m.
January 17, 2009 at 5:49 am
LOL
Lovely, indeed. I could really use some moments like that right now.
January 17, 2009 at 11:01 am
I am SO looking forward to #850! Thank you for this. On a completely unrelated “thing”, last night, my daughter who is a new mother, called and said…”It’s hard isn’t it, to leave your baby and go back to work…I understand what you went through.” Empathy from your child….Awesome!
January 17, 2009 at 3:04 pm
perfection.
January 17, 2009 at 9:28 pm
………..
January 19, 2009 at 12:22 am
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January 23, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Bloody Awesome
February 18, 2009 at 6:50 pm
Lazy blogger alert!
just kidding, this blog is like cyber gold, except worth nothing.
February 19, 2009 at 10:11 pm
I got to this one the moment all the music and noise around me stopped… A moment of bliss!
March 3, 2009 at 7:08 pm
Take a deep breath…….
..Yep.
March 13, 2009 at 10:45 am
just what I needed.
thanks
March 21, 2009 at 8:58 pm
this is why i sneak into the backyard for a smoke in the middle of the night… nothin else like it… especially when its good and foggy…
April 11, 2009 at 5:48 am
After coming home from a long day at the office hearing tons of noises, loud or quiet, it feels ggood to come home, sit down on my laptop with complete silence…
April 25, 2009 at 11:00 pm
…. i got scared there for a moment
May 9, 2009 at 3:08 am
Wonderful.
When I get out on the street, walking towards my car of where ever I’m are heading. And all of a sudden, a stand still, what am I missing. It is total silence, no cars, no people talking. I really stand still until the silence is broken. I love it.
May 17, 2009 at 12:25 pm
Those moments are what I imagine heaven would be like.
November 11, 2009 at 7:24 am
Absolute perfect silence is what is written above, but with a very slight breeze in my face… The most peaceful thing ever!
November 30, 2009 at 8:45 pm
ahhh… [=