My day starts and ends with screens. From phone to laptop to television, screens are all around me, making me disoriented. There is hardly any escape because I am stuck in my home.
I often wander to my balcony to escape it all, because that is the nearest place closest to nature. A perfect getaway from our box like apartments into the arms of the real world. In times like this, I try to take in every piece of nature city life can offer. I fill my ears with the music of the horns of the passing cars, the animals fighting over something or maybe just playing with each other. I take in the lush greenery of the flora, some on the streets, and some harboured in my balcony. I stare at the sky, the many shades of blue, the moving clouds, and feel myself flying away with them. I feel the breeze on my face and close my eyes. This is all I want, this is all I need.
Balconies
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This is beautiful.
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Thank you for reading 🙂
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So lovely write up. ha ha life itself is becoming screen now a days we just have to reflect ourselves. Music of the car horns wah… btw lovely balcony I love tiny plants n flowers which decor the balcony beautifully 😇👍
From phone to laptop to television, screens are all around me
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Thanks a lot Suma 🙂
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I connected with this immediately. It’s so hard when our jobs and passions revolve around the use of screens and it’s so important to remind ourselves to take a break and experience the beauty that is around us.
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Very true. Thanks for reading and commenting Elicia 🙂
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Beautifully done! Yes, that’s all most of us need. Peace amid the chaos! :))
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Thank you 🙂
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“She wrong a long letter . . . On a short piece of paper”:
That line from a Traveling Wilburys song is the highest compliment I could pay you for saying so much with so little:
“quenchingthelongthirst: Transitioning to converting my thoughts into blogs than talking to myself about them.”
That instantly resonated with me.
Your balcony bit reminds me of wrote in Runnin’ Down a Dream:
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The sky is pristine blue on my 50th, but I’d feel fantastic even if it were pouring down rain. I walk out to a wall of windows every morning to be engulfed by light. . . .
Even in the Houston heat, I left one of the sliding-glass doors open a couple inches open all summer — as the sound of 610 moves me. I loved my peace & quiet all those years in Charlotte, but the streets of San Francisco changed all that.
Now I thrive in the atmosphere of activity — surrounded by light, ever-flowing fresh air, and the hum of the traffic.
All the more fitting because I’m still going somewhere.
https://onevoicebecametwo.life/runnin-down-a-dream/
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Beyond those windows is a balcony that goes to a whole other world: A pond with plenty of ducks and big turtles to boot — surrounded by trees and relaxing landscaping. I sometimes yell down to the ducks to say hello.
In today’s world, I have a better chance of reaching them than my fellow man. But once in a blue moon, somebody comes along who gets it — that there so much beauty and goodness to experience all around us.
“This is all I want, this is all I need.”
I wonder, what life have you lived to see so much that most miss? That must have been quite a journey, and I look forward to reading your words in the spirit of such discovery.
Thank you for following my site — and thank you for making my day with what I have found in yours.
Rick
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Thank you 🙂
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Wonderful imagery. You take me right there. Well written!
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Thank you 🙂
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Nice…we’re lucky to now have a balcony with a view. For a while all we got was honking cars, busy market streets, and screaming kids
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I can imagine how it must have been. Thanks for reading 🙂
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