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The Value of Quietude

Mar11

After my last post regarding seeing silence as a skill, I decided to return to some past work I had done on the topic.

I found some work I had done that was dated 2019.

I had totally forgotten about it.

This work was work that I had done for/with a small group of gals that I had joined for a project.

I had done a series called “The Value of Quietude”

… On YouTube …

Video!

I was compelled to watch it all together in one sitting.

The problem with watching your own work is that you never really know if it’s any good or not.

So; at the risk of it being really good – or really bad, I have decided to place it here for you to peruse.

I needed to hear it all again because of finding myself with a distinct lack of quiet time focus as of late.

I certainly hope you find it helpful too.

Any comments or critique you may have will be most welcome.

I would however, ask you to be gentle, as this is WAY out of my comfort zone.

So here we go;

The Value of Quietude – The Introduction.

Introduction

Until next time …

Silence is a Skill?

Mar9

There are 144 notes on my phone.

I don’t know exactly how much space they take up, but going through them I found some interesting things.

Little quips of conversations, and sound bites from sermons.

There are names of people so I can learn to remember their names, (this DOES work by the way!) and numbers; because I never remember numbers.

One thing I found that seems to have been lost somewhere in the recent past is this one;

“Get to know silence like any other skill”.

Now I remember silence.

I like it a lot.

But the thing that befuddles me is the fact that although I do insist on much “silence” in my days, the question remains, is it serving a purpose besides quiet.

What am I doing with it?

I think my quiet times have suffered because they have become largely unfocused.

In the not so distant past, focused, daily quiet time was a regular occurrence.

I was looking over some of my “Quietude” posts from the past, and found →this one← from June 24, 2019.

It looks like I need to make the effort to get back to it!

Back to baby steps I reckon;

  • Same time every day
  • “Do Not Disturb” settings on all devices
  • Bible or other devotional type book
  • Quiet music or silence
  • Journal/note pad for catching random thoughts
  • Strict determination to make it work
  • Some days it is just quiet. No music. No book. No paper. Just quiet.

One of the most important things I continue to find out is this;

It IS possible to change our processes and our thinking, but we tend to forget that changing them is not a permanent thing.

We must keep after it.

So.

Back to basics.

My Bible.

→My Quietude.←

My peace of mind, my joy, my expanded hope – begins again;

Here.

Today.

Will you join me?

Until next time.