He kept coming back to the silence. It was so big. And surprising. Even when a donkey brayed somewhere in the same valley - loud, long and loaded with loneliness - it did not change the silence, it enhanced it. Like jewels around a beautiful neck. Ed smiled. You can be at the poshest hotel in the country, on the planet even, but a farmer can still put a lonely donkey in the field next door. In the same way he couldn't control what arose in his mind - or appears in the world around him - but he could give it space. Matt Padwick
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In this quote, the speaker is talking about the power of silence. The narrator believes that there is a beauty in silence. It doesn't have to be something loud or dramatic, but it can be anything from a beautiful sunset to a quiet meal with family. Today, we are so used to being bombarded by noise that we forget the true beauty of silence. We forget how amazing it is to sit in silence and think about our lives or what's happening around us.

Source: Transpose A Selfstyled Revolution

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