Recently, while out walking with my husband, we encountered a friend heading in our direction. He stopped to talk, first taking out his ear buds, and then moments later having finished our chat, resumed his walk, ear buds firmly reinstated.
I couldn’t help thinking that while he was probably listening to some great tunes; he was missing out on a whole other song that was playing
that fine morning.
- A cat meowing in the laneway
- Young road hockey players yelling ‘car’
- A neighbour calling out hello to another neighbour
- One baby giggling in a stroller
- Another baby crying in a stroller
- A mother’s reassuring voice to her twins
- The car horn as one driver acknowledged another’s mistake
- The beeping sound the stoplight made when it was our turn to cross
- A little boy asking his mom if he could play at the park
- The songbirds in the trees above
- A passenger shouting out his thanks to the driver for holding the bus
- The rattle of the chains on the park swings
- The sound a seagull made overhead
- The soft rustle of the wind through the trees
- The sound of laughter coming from the daycare windows
- The senior thanking the teen for holding the bank doors open
- The swinging sound of a metal ‘for sale’ sign
- The whistling of another passerby
- The rolling wheels of a senior’s walker
- The waves crashing against the boardwalk
- The jingling of change in our pockets
- A puppy’s bark at the sight of a squirrel
- The sounds our footsteps made on the gravel path
- The grocery service driver ringing a doorbell
- The sound of gratitude for a beautiful morning’s walk
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