You know how the other day, I wrote a post about nothing because I had no ideas?
Well, today, I started (and almost finished) like 5 blog posts. All brimming with the ideas floating in my head. But there are like so many that I can't put all of my energy into one. So, perhaps another vague blog post?
Lately, I've noticed the lack of silence in my life. I hear all of my mentors (school, home, spiritual, etc.) talk about the importance of silence in my life. I mean, if there is a moment of stillness or silence, I look for my phone and say "man, I'm bored." But really, I'm not. My mind is racing through ideas and memories. Why don't I allow myself that time to sit with my thoughts and meditate on them?
In a technique of meditating that promotes self-worth and goal-orientation (if that's a word...), one has to visualize oneself totally, with details, for 15 minutes a day. 15 minutes? Psh, I can do that. Well, I tried and it turns out, it's really hard to find a moment of silence and stillness for a straight 15 minutes in a day.
If I can't spend 15 minutes with myself, wholly myself and present, then ow can I expect to have a growing relationship with God? I'm not saying, in any way, that being busy is not a valid reason for anything. Life can be so, so, so busy! But, I'd say that those busiest times is when we need ourselves and God even more than ever. As painful and torturous as taking a whole 15 minutes to meditate, or journal, or stare at the ceiling, or pray, or whatever might be, it's worth it to allow some perspective. To allow us to center ourselves. To contemplate. To grow closer to God and understand self better.
So, my goal for this next week (week we go back to school from Spring Break), to spend at least 15 minutes in silence. No, not sleeping or napping (which is what a lot of my free time looks like), silence. What that looks like is to be determined, but in order to fully develop anything, I think I'll need that silence.
Here's to goals within the fasting season of Lent! Woo!
Woo!
Mary Taylor
Well, today, I started (and almost finished) like 5 blog posts. All brimming with the ideas floating in my head. But there are like so many that I can't put all of my energy into one. So, perhaps another vague blog post?
Lately, I've noticed the lack of silence in my life. I hear all of my mentors (school, home, spiritual, etc.) talk about the importance of silence in my life. I mean, if there is a moment of stillness or silence, I look for my phone and say "man, I'm bored." But really, I'm not. My mind is racing through ideas and memories. Why don't I allow myself that time to sit with my thoughts and meditate on them?
In a technique of meditating that promotes self-worth and goal-orientation (if that's a word...), one has to visualize oneself totally, with details, for 15 minutes a day. 15 minutes? Psh, I can do that. Well, I tried and it turns out, it's really hard to find a moment of silence and stillness for a straight 15 minutes in a day.
If I can't spend 15 minutes with myself, wholly myself and present, then ow can I expect to have a growing relationship with God? I'm not saying, in any way, that being busy is not a valid reason for anything. Life can be so, so, so busy! But, I'd say that those busiest times is when we need ourselves and God even more than ever. As painful and torturous as taking a whole 15 minutes to meditate, or journal, or stare at the ceiling, or pray, or whatever might be, it's worth it to allow some perspective. To allow us to center ourselves. To contemplate. To grow closer to God and understand self better.
So, my goal for this next week (week we go back to school from Spring Break), to spend at least 15 minutes in silence. No, not sleeping or napping (which is what a lot of my free time looks like), silence. What that looks like is to be determined, but in order to fully develop anything, I think I'll need that silence.
Here's to goals within the fasting season of Lent! Woo!
"Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent." -- Proverbs 17:28
Even
a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his
lips, he is considered prudent. - See more at:
http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Silence#sthash.2CPVp99I.dpuf
Even
a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his
lips, he is considered prudent. - See more at:
http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Silence#sthash.2CPVp99I.dpuf
Even
a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his
lips, he is considered prudent. - See more at:
http://bible.knowing-jesus.com/topics/Silence#sthash.2CPVp99I.dpuf
Woo!
Mary Taylor
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