silence is the mother of the spirit. it births in us the cloister of the heart.
it brings us beyond the noise of chaos and clutter and confusion of a spinning world
to the cool, calm center of spiritual self.
-joan chittister-
"monastery of the heart"
Day 19/31: i wait for silence. it usually comes late in the evening and very early in the morning. in between there are sometimes brief pockets of it. it is precious and i enjoy it now more than ever.
i think about how rare silence is, yet how crucial it is to rest, stress-reduction, rejuvenation.
finding or creating a space of silence takes mindfulness. as i sit here writing about silence, i pause to eliminate the noise coming out of my computer speakers. the music is meant to relax me, but as soon as it goes off, i feel space freeing up in my brain and i am less distracted. it enables me to finish this sentence.
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