Tuesday, December 22, 2009
silence
Life without silent space is not life at all. If we're accustomed to leave the TV on in empty rooms while we work to the blur of the sounds it siphons through the house or we can't wash dishes without the radio playing; if we're never alone for a minute of the day and we never just stand and watch a flower grow; if we can't drive across town without the car tape recorder blaring and if sitting in a chair in silence for thirty minutes a day simply thinking, thinking, thinking is one of the more painful possibilities we can imagine, then silence may be exactly what we need to wash away the frenetic energy of life and still its storms.
-- Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
-- Sr. Joan Chittister, OSB
