Category: daily life (Page 2 of 11)

Driving my Mother in the City: Traffic and Strategies

I originally wrote this approximately two years ago for mariasmind. I decided to repost it as next week, school begins again and traffic on local roads and highways will inevitably increase. The traffic does lessen a little in the summertime, but it is construction season on our roads, so getting anywhere can still be a lengthy, frustrating commute. Thankfully, I do not go to Toronto as often. When I do, however, what I wrote here still holds true.

The following reflection is about my experience of navigating those roads by myself and with my mother.

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The Relationship Between Quiet and Truly Hearing

If you read last Friday’s Exhale, some of the following reflection will sound familiar. The quotation about quiet and hearing more struck a chord with me. Too many of us, including me, spend too much time with our phones or TV. As I remind my mother, there are definitely positives to modern technology, such as being able to communicate with distant loved ones or watching programmes that truly inform and uplift us. However, so much of it is mental clutter, unnecessary and detrimental to our wellbeing. We are surrounded by external noise, which worsens our internal noise, leading to stress, anxiety and our increasing inability to truly hear ourselves and those around us.

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