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What Are You Doing to Balance Noise Pollution in Your Life?

Besides hearing loss it can cause productivity challenges

Nancy Blackman, MASF
4 min readJun 26, 2022

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woman in city screaming with hands over ears. Quote: We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature — trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls. Mother Teresa. What Are You Doing to Balance Noise Pollution in Your Life? by Nancy Blackman, urban noise, spirituality
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INVOCATION

Klamath River Meditation by Karuk poet, Judi Brannan Armbruster

There is a trail
down through tall cedar,
down to the River.

The Sun shines
in shafts of gold
creates patterns
on the red dirt.
Light beams glisten
and dance on the water.

I sit on a boulder
flat and gray
that lies partway
under the water.

I feel warmth
from this rock
from the Sun
from somewhere
deep inside.

I listen…
the Water’s voice
speaks to me.
..I feel . . .
…..Peace.
I am . . .
…..Peace.

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Nancy Blackman, MASF
Nancy Blackman, MASF

Written by Nancy Blackman, MASF

Boosted & 8x Top Writer. Owner: Refresh the Soul publication. Editor: The Shortform and Poetry Playground. Published in: “Mixed Korean: Our Stories" — Kindle.

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