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I’ve come to savor early morning quiet times. Early morning time outside is even more special for me to experience. This silence is golden to me.
Such truth there is in this old proverb. Silence is golden and not just when saying nothing is better than speaking.
When I read the meditation booklet, Daily Word, A Unity Publication for March 5, 2016 it reminded me of the value of silence: “Deep beneath the random and shifting waves of my mind, I discover a vast ocean of peace. Like an ocean’s choppy surface, my outer mind may seem busy or even stormy. As I stop and let my awareness turn within, I find a still, quiet place… In the silence of my being, I find comfort and serenity.”
Many years ago, my husband and I were hiking in the Porcupine Mountains in the upper peninsula of Michigan. It’s a beautiful place that is far away from well-traveled and busy areas. It is quiet up there.
I remember sitting by a small lake listening to the silence around me. Yes, I was listening to silence. I recall whispering to my husband about the silence too not wanting to intrude into its vastness and break it.
It’s not easy to find silent places in the world I live in here in Holland MI. Even in the quiet of early morning or late at night in the woods around my home there is a hum in the distance from the small city not so far away that echoes in the silent air.
I’ve noticed moments when snow that is gently falling dampens sounds in the distance and there has been a quiet surrounding me right in my very own yard.
These are golden moments of silence to me. They are rare opportunities and I savor them.
Early mornings before the world begins to stir is my time to sit with silence, be still and turn inward. It’s in my alone quiet time that I come to remember I am not so very alone at all…a quiet golden path to peace.
Silence might be difficult to embrace. It can be hard to relax when the world around us is silent. We can get caught up in the thoughts spinning in our minds especially if we have anxious thoughts. Making silence something we choose to avoid.
If this is true for you, practicing mindfulness might be a tool to practice with.
Check out these other blog posts of mine to learn a bit more about mindfulness:
Mindful of Judgement
In addition, this website offers some great free mindfulness practice tools to utilize:
Mindful.org
If your anxiety is just too high to allow you to sit comfortably in silence Do Contact Me. Anxiety Therapy can help you learn to quiet your mind.
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