Ellsworth Street runs through the Silver Spring business district. On weekends, one long block of it is closed to traffic and becomes a pedestrian mall.
On Saturday morning it is full of people at the farmers' market. This evening, after a mostly overcast but very pleasant spring day, it bustled with people walking to and from -- who knows where? Restaurants, the theater, perhaps just enjoying the evening. Families, couples, teenagers, old folks, accompanied by a couple of groups of street musicians.
I stood for a 10 breaths meditation on the energy of the scene. During just 10 breaths, a stream of people passed up and down the street, the sun came out and went back behind the clouds, a sparrow darted across the street and back, and twice I was aware of the evening breeze on my face.
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