The Joy of Quiet

Since we moved to the country, we have given up reading current newspapers (except for the Shelby County Sentinel-News). Instead, we read the Sunday New York Times a week late -- or sometimes a couple of weeks late. Other than the front page headlines, I find it doesn't really matter. Here's an article that I read yesterday about the joy of quiet.

Did you get to the part that says:

A series of tests in recent years has shown that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy, as well as deep thought, depends on neural processes that are “inherently slow.” The very ones our high-speed lives have little time for.

Bodes well for us!