A Blessing

"Silence, I discover, is something you can actually hear."

Haruki Murakami

Busy lives offer very little time for quietude.  Time alone requires a person to deliberately carve out space to just be.  It takes effort to experience solitude and it often times falls to the bottom of our list.

There are those who are on a constant run who are emotionally afraid to stop.  Fear of repressed emotions becoming unleashed can be paralyzing.  If time for solitude is allowed,  issues might arise when resolutions are no where on the horizon. Lacking acceptance or forgiveness we distract ourselves, avoid situations, and deny reality.  All of this requires energy better used to embrace what bothers us.

We can help ourselves gently release what we are hiding by simple writing.  Carry a small notebook and jot down phrases when the body tenses, headaches appear, or the temptation of any addiction presents itself.  Jotting down segments of information will eventually form a pattern.  They may begin to reflect a certain place, time or person triggering our anxiety.  If we can determine the source, we can put in place safety measures.  We can see the person less, change social patterns, or adjust our attitude with affirmations prior to facing the culprit.  

This is a simple beginning to build confidence.  Soon full pages will be filled with entire scenarios of how our body responds to people, places, and things.  We will have a treasure trove to use in creating a new pattern or routine.  Silence is a blessing, not something to avoid.