Listening from the Inside Out

Snow is the pause made visible. It softens the landscape.

Listening from the silence inside out has served me well throughout my life. It drives some people close to me crazy. Crazy that I don't jump in and speak up right away or act before I have time to assess any given situation. Silence, like snow, is not empty or wasted time. It is a place where I have learned to gather my voice.

My husband jumps right into action...oftentimes acting and speaking before he has time to pause. We live together in the harmony between the pause and the action. He has always been a bit afraid that if he is having a heart attack or is experiencing a medical emergency, I won't call the ambulance fast enough. Rest assured, I shall get him any care he might need.

Pausing before I speak or write moves me from my interior world to the exterior. It allows my silence to form into language that illuminates and is helpful. Learning to live in the pause enables me to choose words that have been sorted with care, attention, intention, and memory.

The pause invites my feelings to form not with authority or any doctrine, but through intimacy, presence, and witnessing life as it unfolds organically. I am a writer who gets to the heart of the matter and I trust the wisdom of my heart. She has served me well always and in all ways.

My heart and soul speak through my voice with a certain unique rhythm. A voice that has been shaped by love, loss, time, and navigating family dynamics. All of which flow through my extremely tender heart and reflective mind.

I use imagery, symbolism and have always preferred deeper meaning over argument. I have never been a surface dweller.

Truth arrives through my presence with love and not through persuasion.

Love is a doorway

through which

understanding

can enter.

Rest your head

close to your heart

and listen

dear one

in the liminal space

across the

threshold.

Soften.

Feel the truth.

Abide in love.

Trust the silence

and

tenderness

within.

The light

does

not hurry.

It arrives

with

illumination.

The heart

knows

before

the mind

ever will.

Stand in

your

knowing.

Experience

it

from the

inside

out.

Dwell

in the silence.

Be like

the snow.

Pause

in

its

light

and know

nothing

needs

to happen

now.

Pause

in

the

silence

and

let it

sit

longer

than

feels

productive.

If you feel

restless,

pause

a

wee

bit

longer.

Learn to

remain

in the

pause

between

2

breaths.

You

are

practicing

TRUST.

No need to

rush.

Silence

is

never

wasted...

it is

where

your voice

gathers

love

and

light.