My brother and I went to the war memorial in town today and observed the ceremony. At the stroke of 11 the whole world seemed to stop... I've never seen it so quiet in all the years I've been going ... so moving. Traffic stopped, tills stopped, shop radios went off, passers by who obviously weren't there to observe stopped, everything seemed to take a breath and reflect. The rain lashed harder and the wind blew stronger...
the silence was deafening.
What an incredibly powerful and beautiful sentiment that 2 minutes silence is...