Even in the midst of city-life stresses, we can become aware of the backdrop of silence out of which all things arise.

"We cannot all live in the wilderness, or even close to it, but we can, no matter where we spend our lives, remember the BACKGROUND which shaped this sense of the eternal rhythm, remember that days, no matter how frenzied their pace, can be calm and unhurried.  Knowing we can be calm and unhurried we can refuse to be caught in the so-called rat race and the tension which kills Godlike leisure. Though conscious of the roar around us, we can find peace if we remember we all came from a common mold and primeval background."

Sigurd F. Olson

Photo: First snow flurry on a leaf; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; October 5, 2012