Listening To Bamboo

Nature graces us with a myriad of sounds… as we walk around us they swirl countless sounds when we stop to listen… that add beauty to our world. We've heard thousands of sounds on our walks but today as a gentle morning breeze blew before we knew it there we were listening to bamboo. It may sound a little too emotional…perhaps a bit profound but when you listen to bamboo…there is a message in the sound. Listen as the leaves are giggling perhaps what they're trying to say Is we should spend more time laughing… smiling or at play. Hear the bamboo sway in the wind for there can be no mistake they are showing us how to be strong how to bend but not to break. When you listen for a while you cannot help but see how there is wisdom in their emptiness and beauty in their simplicity. I will never tire of the sounds of birds singing as they soar, of the leaves rustling under our feet or waves crashing on the shore… of the humming of the bees of the nightingale's cry of rain falling on our roof or thunder in the sky. But every now and I like to stop… take a moment maybe two when a gentle breeze is blowing… and listen to bamboo.