Whispers from Life: Head Down, Private Thoughts

 

Whispers from Life: Head Down, Private Thoughts

It was a beautiful morning with the sky turning blue, birds chirping, the wind rustling gently through the trees. I was, as usual, on a brisk walk around the periphery of our apartment complex, head down, eyes fixed on the walking track, paying no attention to the world around me.

I was jolted back to my senses when I nearly collided with another resident who was also, incidentally, walking with his head down.

And I wondered: Why do we do this, walk with our head down, especially when we’re walking alone?

Thoughts rushed in, like water finding a hollow.

Maybe it’s because we dream better with our eyes open. Maybe it’s a way to live in the quiet company of fantasies we don’t want to share with others. Or perhaps it’s simply wanting to be with oneself.

The moment I look up, my field of view expands. The sky, the buildings, the people, the trees — they flood in. It distracts me. My daydreams dissolve. The happy little world I had slipped into vanishes, and real life takes over.

But there is comfort in being with yourself, letting a stream of random thoughts flow, unbothered by the world. A quiet corner within me, where no one interrupts.

So, I walk with my head down again — back into my private little world, undisturbed. 

Just reflecting…