The Sound of Silence

 


    We so often get caught up in the day-to-day chaos and rarely take time out to just be still and quiet. I sometimes wonder if the quietness is speaking to us but we are too busy and too loud to hear it. Even the Bible says in Psalm 46: 10, “Be still, and know that I am God.”

    I wrote this short little poem in February of 2020, not having any idea what was headed our way. The Pandemic forced many to be still, but it seemed like a very unquiet time regardless. For many of us, our spirits were not settled in the forced isolation.

    If possible, find a moment of quiet today. If you can, take a walk in the woods or a nearby park. And if that isn’t something you can do, find a quiet spot, maybe a sunspot on the front porch, or the quiet of a fireplace burning. Turn off all the televisions, radios, even silence your phone and just spend a few moments listening to the quiet. See what it has to tell you. Drink the silence into your soul and find peace in what it has to say.

 


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