“The ego gets what it wants with words. The soul finds what it needs in silence.” ~ Richard Rohr
"You don’t need to have an opinion on everything," insists fellow blogger Dan Pedersen. "What matters is not how many things you know, it’s how well you know the things that matter."
Excellent point and I could not have said it any better.
Some of the things we want to know are unknowable anyway. But everything we need to know is knowable, and much of it is within.
Spend some time away from the voices of others if you want to hear your inner wisdom. Wisdom comes from having a quiet mind. Seek your answers in silence. It works for me!
Shut out the nonsense that is continually thrown at you in this age of digital communications and mass media and occupy your thinking with the really important matters in your life, i.e. faith, family, relationships, health.
There once was a man who was very quiet. Because of his quietness, people thought the man lacked confidence. His quietness made others feel uncomfortable.
One day, a lady asked the man why he was so shy.
“Shy?” The man replied. “I’m not shy at all.”
“But you hardly say anything”, the woman replied. “Why don’t you come out of your shell, we won’t bite you.”
“I’m not quiet because of fear”, said the man. “I’m quiet because this is the natural state of man. It’s those who insist on a lot of chatter who are truly afraid. They’re afraid of silence. They’re afraid to be with their true self. They’re afraid of rejection. I’m afraid of those things too, but I’m conquering my fears through silence. The strong are considered weak and the weak are considered strong, that’s the way of the world, but it’s not the way of the spirit.”
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