i read a quote today, it is ironic, given my silence here... and this quote has pushed me over the edge of bloggers block. ;)
i have started many a post in my head, but have not sat down to write, i would like to believe it is because i have enjoyed the whispers of G-d in the silence of late... whispers to my tired and weary soul, calming and steadily reminding me, "peace, be still."
you see, i long for peace and i have found glimpses... long gulps at times even. in the strangest of places. not in cathedrals or mountaintops, but in valleys, in the whirlwind and chaos of daily life! in being in my own skin, and really being there, instead of thinking about it all the time!
so, today, i read this quote and i knew i had to post on it tonight:
"Let us be silent, that we may hear the whispers of the gods ." (R.W. Emerson)
these words name where i have been... silent, listening to the whispers of G-d, that i might find some peace and a deeper purpose than all the activity and thought i had wrapped my mind around. the faith, the theological thinking, the acts of service, the hoping and praying, studying and thinking... for in the silence, i found that just "being" is plenty. and suddenly, the silence and whispers are making way for some new birth in this be-ing that is me...it is good and right and hopeful in this sacred season.
and silence is right, and worshipful in this hectic and frantic time of year... i pause, and i am being, more often than not... and i am strangely hopeful, in the midst of all that is...
Namaste...
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