Secret # 4

I wanted to share one more secret with you all( 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, Wayne Dyer) and that is the fourth secret.........Embrace Silence. There are days that I live for the silence.

As a singer and as a yoga teacher I do a lot of talking.....but there are times when my voice has to embrace silence. When I reach the point that I do not want to answer the phone, when I want to stay home and not speak to anyone, I know it is time for my voice to rest.

I think our bodies crave silence. We are on overload, cell phones, radio, tv, internet, street noise,

other people talking, noise is like kudzu.....it takes over before you know it. At first silence can be unnerving......hearing nothing, or maybe just hearing nature......the sound of the wind, of birds, of your breath. But if you can take a silence break every day, turn off the cell phone(at least mute it)

turn off the radio and tv, find a place where no one is talking, and you can.......embrace silence.

It is like a cold drink of water on a hot dry day. Tonight, all I hear as I type this blog is Blackie Bear dog snoring. But I can step out on the back porch and just hear the darkness.......maybe the sound of the owl that lives behind the barn. It is all so soothing, this comfort of silence.

Embrace silence......or stillness. Mother Teresa said" We need silence to be able to touch souls."

Thoughts are birthed in silence, words, creativity, the recharging of one's batteries. Stress and worry disappear in silence, rest and joy appear when there is silence, when there is stillness.

Meditation takes us to a place of silence, that place of empty space between our thoughts.

Stillness and breath, start with five minutes a day.......see how embracing the silence fuels the body and the spirit. Suddenly, there is energy, there is joy, we see possibilities, our thoughts

are clear and we can focus.

Embrace silence.......drive somewhere without the radio, and turn off the cell phone. I dare you.

Just you in the car.........now breathe. Listen to your breath. Let silence be the hug you crave,

after a long hard day, let silence help you find your path, be still and listen......and hear God.

It is not easy, but it is worth it......and once you begin to experience it......you will demand those moments, and your soul will thank you. Embrace Silence.