Understanding Silence As a Voice
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Speaking always is good, but there are certain situations in which we need to be silent. Being quiet does not make us inferior nor loosers, it doesn't also indicate that we don't know what to say, but there are certain situations that one needs to be silence about.
There's this saying I always heard that "The best answer to a fool is to be quiet", so i asked who is a fool? I was told that they are persons that display senseless behavior just for you to talk, so as such, we just reserve our energy for something better, and being silent is a beautiful way to handle that.
I see silence as a voice, so I learn to hear the voice, because it's not in every situation that we need to speak, there are some times we are faced with challenges and we don't need to talk, but we only allow our spirit man do the speaking, sometimes choosing not to speak or taking a moment of silence always convey powerful messages, emotions and meanings. In some situations, silence itself can communicate as effectively as words.
Most times it is much better to be silent, especially where speaking would perhaps cause offence or confusion.
Growing up, I always see my mother being quiet to some situations, and I came to understand that we necessarily do not have to give response to everything, some situations are best handled with being silence, although it brings discomfort, curiosity, suspense etc. but it will be handled so i learnt to be silence in some situations, and also when I'm pissed so to avoid speaking amiss which might bring regret or guilt at the end, so i allow my silence to do the speaking.
Silence can be a very powerful way of answering things, especially when being angry and scared, often we say silence is just the absence of sound, but I see it to be a deliberate choice to create contrast, which will help us to pause and think, and then focus, silence helps us to overcome nervousness, as it also gives us time to breathe, relax, and prepare for our next sentence, although it create curiosity, but it helps us to think of better way we wish to handle situations when its arises, It also brings inner knowledge about ourselves so our understanding is not just through the senses, or how much we can talk but it’s through the mind, hearing is not enough, we have to listen, listen with the ears and with the heart as well.
Through silence we can realize the quiet witness within us, because silence is the spirit or awareness, our awareness is silent and it never tells us anything unless we listen very well.
Silence speaks not only to ourselves, but also to handle uncommon situations, it also prevents speaking amiss especially when angry to prevent trouble.
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