We have been home (from the Jersey Shore) less than 24 hours and what I most appreciate is the quiet here. All I hear here is the ?crickets or is it the ?cicadas. And the occasional “whoosh” of a car passing nearby.
The bed and breakfast we stayed at for three nights was on a busy road. It was very difficult to make a left hand turn. It was only a block away from the ocean. New Jersey just had too many people.
For some reason I become very unsettled in crowded areas. It is not my fault. I just do. I will appreciate my house better. It is not on a main fare. I watch the birds come to and fro my feeders all day. Especially the hummingbirds who never fail to delight me.
There is a reason mental hospitals always were situated in the country. They used to be called rest homes. Many years ago the array of medications to treat mental illness did not exist.
People who had nervous breakdowns were sent to hospitals in the countryside to recuperate and recover. There is nothing like the calm found in nature to do so.
I will appreciate my home better. It is just a relief to be here. My trip to the Jersey shore reminded me how fortunate I am to be on the edge of country.
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