Chiming Bells

A legend told the story of a far away village where an ancient temple had one thousand bells whose chiming was heavenly. But the temple had sunk into the ocean, so such angelic sound was heard no more. Nevertheless, it seemed that someone - although extremely rarely - had been able to hear it. A young man, fascinated by this story, collected all his savings and traveled to that distant village. For  many months, every day he went to the beach and tried very hard to cut off all other sounds in order to hear the bells. But, in spite of all his efforts to create silence, nothing ever happened. He finally gave up, and went to the beach one last time to say good-bye to the ocean. He lay down on the sand and - for once - he didn't fight the sounds of the waves, of the wind, of the rustling tree-leaves, of the birds. He simply allowed.... He accepted what was... Soon after, he heard the bells!