Hmmm, can my heart achieve the cadence of the gentle giants that watch over me?
I have had occasion to travel through Southwestern Ontario several times in the past few years. Wind generated energy is a growth industry in that part of the province. Each time I drive Highway 401 past London I pass through an area I have come to think of as Wind Turbine Alley.
Dozens of wind turbines rise from the farm fields along this stretch of the highway. Each of the towering white structures supports three massive, curved blades that gracefully slice through the air. They seem to be in perfect cadence as if keeping time by the same unseen clock.
There is something soothing and reassuring about the lazy spinning glide of the turbine blades. They never seem to speed up or slow down regardless of the weather. I cannot categorically state that this is so. It may well be that they accelerate in storms with high winds. But I prefer to believe that they maintain a constant speed.
Why do I choose to adhere to this belief? I like to think of the turbines as gentle, benevolent sentinels watching over me. Their influence slows down the too often chaotic pace of my life. They are random and mirrored metaphors for the reality that time itself never speeds up or slows down. It is only our perception of it that ramps up or cranks down the RPMs.
I aspire to live my life to the serene rhythm of the gentle giants of Wind Turbine Alley.
~ Michael Robert Dyet is the author of “Until the Deep Water Stills – An Internet-enhanced Novel” – double winner in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2009. Visit Michael’s website at www.mdyetmetaphor.com or the novel online companion at www.mdyetmetaphor.com/blog.
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