The Joy of Quiet

For those who haven't had some quiet time away from this crazy world for some time, I think this NY Times article, "The Joy of Quiet", might encourage you to reclaim some sanity.

Nothing makes me feel better — calmer, clearer and happier — than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” - Pico Iyer