Wednesday, October 10, 2012

stop

Every day I stop for at least one minute. To smell, to see, to listen. I heard these words recently and think they are a daily mantra to live by. So in the spirit of practicing what I preach, I share with you one thing that I see tonight. From the window of my office, at 8:51pm. Quite a breathtaking view of Manhattan - the constancy of concrete, beacons of stability among the chaos that runs through and beneath them. For a second I hear only the clock tick. Amazing in a city of...nope, two horns interrupt, even on the 24th floor. City living. Down I go to join the rest of the frenzy on my way home. But maybe I will stop and listen to the noise of it all.