Sounds of Silence

Silence is a rare treat in my life. Sometimes, when I'm experiencing a moment of silence, I actually have to work at feeling comfortable with the absence of noise. Noise to me is important. The important sounds of my children playing, fighting, laughing..that chaotic noise always brings me great comfort because I know everyone is alive and well. Without the chaos I feel alone and wondering where are they? Are they ok? For me, in my life, noise is important. Yet I am in love with meditation. Meditation is the act of bringing myself to center and is the space in which I find clarity. I can quite easily block out the noise and meditate within the midst of the chaos. There is something to be said in tuning things out in order to find some balance. This may be why I always appear calm and serene even when I am at the grocery store with all of my lil ones! When a person can find their center, can find calm in the middle of chaos, this brings them the ability to more readily handle stressful situations. I think this will be my saving grace as a person working in the field of social work...finding my own silence in the midst of the chaos.

Week 4

Mainstream Americans are reluctant to speak out in writing, even when it can make a real difference. How can we shift that reluctance by setting aside self-judgment, releasing fear and tapping our common heritage as powerful thinkers as a means of turning our writing into action?

 

I personally love to write and I feel like it is my favorite form of communication. Writing papers comes easily for me and when I get the chance to write from the heart it feels really uplifting and empowering for me. I think that when some people gain a large audience and speak from a strong point of view that there may be a lot of backlash involved and that is something I may shy away from. I also have a very powerful reason to keep a lot of things about my life private which means that I am unable to just blog away about my life in public. I can't share pictures of my children and daily life because of this reasoning. I actually believe that maintaining a sense of privacy is inherent in our society nowadays. Media outlets have really created a sense that nothing is sacred anymore. I will say that I have a favorite blog that I follow daily and I really admire this woman's ability to share her family and life so openly. It is also her main source of employment and income and she has managed to gracely open her life up to the world. Check it out