It's late, so I'm really sorry that I'm not louder, but I couldn't run the risk of waking up my flatmates.. you know, courtesy and all.
Love you!
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
sometimes it's good to be quiet.
Tonight at connect group, I didn't say a word. It wasn't intentionally an experiment as much as it was me needing a break from being 'outgoing'. Sometimes you just need to shut up and observe.
But something hit me that I thought was interesting. Everything I would have said got said at the exact moment I would have said it.
It was as if nothing was taken away from connect group because I didn't say anything. I kind of liked it. I got so much out of it by not saying anything. I wasn't busy gathering my thoughts while someone else was talking, I wasn't trying to think about how I could intellectually respond to a question, I wasn't offering heavy prayers to the heavens, I was just listening and enjoying.
After wards, one of the guys asked if I was tired, because I was so quiet, and I told him I wasn't, but I guess the truth is I was.
I guess the truth is I was tired of thinking and talking.
sometimes it's just nice to fill up on other people's thoughts and words so that your words have more weight later.
I just want to suck in wisdom. This week, maybe I will focus more on being quiet in group situations-- I want to see what else I can take from a group with my mouth closed. :)
But something hit me that I thought was interesting. Everything I would have said got said at the exact moment I would have said it.
It was as if nothing was taken away from connect group because I didn't say anything. I kind of liked it. I got so much out of it by not saying anything. I wasn't busy gathering my thoughts while someone else was talking, I wasn't trying to think about how I could intellectually respond to a question, I wasn't offering heavy prayers to the heavens, I was just listening and enjoying.
After wards, one of the guys asked if I was tired, because I was so quiet, and I told him I wasn't, but I guess the truth is I was.
I guess the truth is I was tired of thinking and talking.
sometimes it's just nice to fill up on other people's thoughts and words so that your words have more weight later.
I just want to suck in wisdom. This week, maybe I will focus more on being quiet in group situations-- I want to see what else I can take from a group with my mouth closed. :)
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