Original Photo via Mary Tegtmeyer on Flickr
How much better is silence; the coffee cup, the table. How much better to sit by myself like the solitary sea-bird that opens its wings on the stake. Let me sit here for ever with bare things, this coffee cup, this knife, this fork, things in themselves, myself being myself. — Virginia Woolf, “The Waves”
This week, let’s go quiet together.
Let’s listen more and update less.
Let’s hear each other’s silent screams of fear and anxiety.
Let other people talk.
Let other people fight to have their voice heard.
Let other people have the last word.
Let other people be right.
Not you.
This week, you are sitting back, waiting.
This week, you are smiling and nodding.
This week, you have nothing to prove.
If you must speak, whisper.
Leave the yelling for another week.
Leave the lectures for another week.
Be a silent warrior. Do things without asking.
Swallow your expectations.
Wash them down with a nice cup of tea.
Say nothing. Think nothing.
Turn everything off.
Even your mind.
When you feel the urge to speak out, breathe instead.
Shush yourself.
Shush yourself again and again.
See what unfolds.
What do you discover at the core of your being?
Maybe you aren’t going screen-free this week. Maybe you aren’t interested in being quiet. If so, there are always past weekly intentions you can read and take hold of — do only what you need right now. You’ll know what’s calling you.
Lovely. Thank you for the reminder of how I want to be EVERY week … An intention I set out with and meet with varying degrees of success. xo
Until we learn the hard way, right? : ) I only write what I know. xo to you. Thank you so much for reading.
Today is the day! Thank you!
There is just something so powerful about staying silent, isn’t there? Why it has taken me this long to figure it out is beyond me! : ) Happy Quiet You.
I absolutely need quiet time to recharge and those are the days that silence is the most beautiful noise in the world. Love this post!
Thank you. I am the same exact way. If I don’t get some quiet in my day, you don’t want to be around me. : )
It’s always nice to have silent moments in life…to not pay attention to the social media and other noise that can confuse our mind!
My goal for next week.