Precious Silence
In a very loud world.
In a very loud world, where we have all kinds of sound-producing tools, maybe we’ll realize how precious silence can be.
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Ada momen di hidup gua di mana gua akan denger musik di setiap kegiatan gua. Baru bangun pagi, mandi, sarapan, jalan menuju kampus, jalan pulang, hingga sebelum tidur. Setiap kali musik tersebut dimainkan, ada sense kepuasan yang membuat gua lebih semangat dengan apa yang sedang gua kerjakan. I feel like there's a soundtrack for everything I’ve done. Then suddenly…..
I feel the silence. Malam, jam 8.54 PM. Suara yang terdengar hanya suara jangkrik dari jendela kos, diiringi dengan bunyi exhaust di kamar mandi gua. Ambience suara orang keluar-masuk kamar juga turut mengiringi suara tersebut.
I stared at the window showing my reflections. Then I realize, how much I missed silent troughout my life. In this very loud world, with all the technology we have, I don't think silence is really an option anymore. Maybe the reason why we’re so stressed in our lives is due to how loud the world has become. We were drained. That's what I’m going through right now.
I keep seeing myself somewhere, whether in the future or in the past, with a certain soundtrack. I keep imagining how nice life could be in the future while hearing a certain song. And I keep rehearsing the same song to try to remember how nice it was in the past. But how about now? The present dappa needs to be appreciated as well.
So what soundtrack can present the present? It's called silenced, the precious silence.
