Thoughts on Silence
How we crave the idea and are scared of its consequences
Silence is only the beginning, the beginning of thought, the beginning of an action, or of nothing at all. Silence is something many of us have come accustomed to not being able to tolerate, yet I crave it. Every day that passes, I am left with the same thought of when and where can I find silence in all things.
Silence from the noise around me, from my own thoughts, from the beeps and buzzes that seem to interrupt when I finally find that one moment.
I write today about silence because I dream of it, crave it, and look forward to the day in which I can sit, knowing that I will have it in abundance and whether or not I will be ok with that. We want it and look forward to it, but when it comes and once you have found it will you know what to do with it.
I am not sure I have that figured out yet, but I want to know if it is worth continuing to dream about. Worth chasing the idea that to be surrounded by absolutely nobody and to look out over the greatest of landscapes by yourself is really the correct answer. Today it is.
I am cherishing the moment in which I sit, by myself, with my thoughts and able to ponder the things in which I have not yet had time to really think about because everything else came first. The…
