It’s a noisy world…
We live in a crazy and noisy world. Every time we get in the car, we turn on the radio or CD. When we are home, we watch TV or get on the computer. The traffic going by on the street seems louder than ever. We live in a sensory overloaded world.
When we are experiencing so many people, with so much going on around us physically, sometimes our mind just wants to shut it all off. Have you ever felt that it was just all “too much”? Ever put on the headphones, with NO music or podcast, just for the silence?
Experiencing silence is an important part of all of our lives. And even in the noisy, helter-skelter bombardment of our modern lives, we need peace. We need peace, a break from all that input, just as we need sleep after the day’s activities.
Silence is both central to our human experience and is often pushed to the periphery of our lives. Silence is human, humane, and humanizing!
Silence provides something essential for our well-being.
With silence can come awareness.
With silence can come peace.
With silence can come reflection.
In our everyday, often frenetic, reality:
- We see so much, but don’t always observe.
- We do so much, but don’t always experience.
- We are often blind, deaf, and numb. (dumb too!)
Could it be that it was NOT the metaphorical “Garden of Eden” that was taken away from us, but our ability to perceive it?
Try it! I intend to!
3 Comments
Hear! Hear!
Great topic Pat!
I crave silence, and get so frustrated and angry that it is so hard to come by.
“…Creativity depends on silence.”–love that.
I spent this weekend without ANY cell service. It was not always silent (I was at a barrel race with my granddaughter), but the peace I felt (and did not miss!) of not “having” to check messages, etc was wonderful!