Category 7: Take a leisurely solo walk around the neighborhood, while paying attention to the sensory experience in a way you usually don’t
Being cooped up inside with nothing to do all day, walks around my neighborhood have quickly become a new addition to my daily schedule and the highlight of my day. My favorite time to walk is just as the sun is starting to go down. Once it gets to a certain angle, the light hits the trees and the grass just right, and all the colors seem more vibrant. It’s especially beautiful now that it’s spring and all the trees are finally flowering again.
I’ve noticed a weird sort of silence on the road during my walk. It’s very peaceful, almost eerily so. The roads are almost always clear of traffic, save the very occasional person heading to or from the grocery store in an attempt to maintain their sanity. But most of the time, it’s just me and a gentle breeze alone on an empty road. Maybe it’s just my imagination, but the sky seems clearer too. I mean, it would make sense, given that there are less flights and the cement factories are probably closed down.
It’s these moments, when I’m alone on an empty road, and the light is hitting the trees in just the right way, and the sky is exceptionally blue, that I wonder if this is what the world looked like maybe three hundred years ago, before we started pumping pollutants into the atmosphere. Maybe that eerie silence is not eerie, but natural, and I’m just so used to living in a world of cars and factories that it seems alien to me.
It’s so easy to get bogged down in the negatives of our global situation, but I think it’s important to remember that there are positives as well. This may be the cleanest the Earth will be for a while; it’s best to enjoy it while it lasts.
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