Silence

It is in the silence we quiet the nonstop noise bantering in our heads that continually seeks
an audience with us in our minds. There is nothing like the calmness of the silence to gain
insight into the answers we need for living! One of the best lessons we can learn in life is
to master how to remain calm! The quieter we become, the more we can hear. The
mysterious quiet and power of silence is it calms the thoughts that ransack our peace! I
want to share a wonderful story with you…
There once was a farmer who discovered that he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no
ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him. After searching high and low
among the hay for a long while; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children
playing outside the barn. He promised them that the person who found it would be
rewarded.
Hearing this, the children hurried inside the barn, went through and around the entire
stack of hay but still could not find the watch. Just when the farmer was about to give up
looking for his watch, a little boy went up to him and asked to be given another chance.
The farmer looked at him and thought, “Why not? After all, this kid looks sincere enough.”
So the farmer sent the little boy back in the barn. After a while the little boy came out with
the watch in his hand! The farmer was both happy and surprised and so he asked the boy
how he succeeded where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, “I did nothing but sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I heard the
ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction.”
We are all busy…with no time to think about where God wants us to be, to do and to go.
Our life is worth thinking about and now in this pandemic we have the time. In this story
we learned about three things Patience, Silence and Listening.
Silence does have a voice but we need a patient hearing. To crown it all, silence is golden
and patience is the best virtue. It is important to note the difference between hearing and
listening. Listening is paying attention to the meaning of what we hear. One simple way to
understand listening is to ask ourselves—what do I want from the other person when I
want to be understood? What we want most is to be appreciated. Not just heard,
technically, but to feel like the other person get us.
A peaceful mind can think better than a worked up mind. Allow a few minutes of silence to
your mind every day, and see, how sharply it helps you to set your life the way you expect
it to be!
We can’t force someone to hear a message they are not ready to receive, but we must
never underestimate the power of planting a seed!!