Calm pond

The still pond is a mirror that brings the sky to earth. Its surface is smooth and silent, as if time has stopped. The breeze that blows only makes small, soft waves; like the slow breaths of a deep sleep. The reflection of trees and clouds in the water is so clear that sometimes the boundary between reality and image is lost. Everything here is slow and gentle; a frog sits calmly on a lotus leaf, fish glide silently under the water, and silence, heavy and heartwarming, fills everything. The still pond reminds one that sometimes just standing and watching is a kind of complete life in itself.