Walking mindfully outdoors, even from my car to the office door, has helped me to hear some of the sounds of my childhood: my friends, the crickets. We didn't have air conditioning when I was growing up. We also didn't have the fear that causes people, including me, to lock things up tight at night.
As a child, when I went to bed in summer, the light was just starting to dim. I heard crickets. The fan in the room. And my parents talking outside on the patio.
Listening mindfully at night, I can go back to those times when I felt perfectly safe with the windows wide open. Then I bring myself back into the present moment, and I know I am safer than I realize.
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