in the stillness

Silence is the voice of the convinced. Loudness is the voice of those who want to convince themselves.
Dagobert Runes

This resonated with me. Maybe because I’m learning to be more and more still and see more truth when I stop trying to convince myself of something. I think about a loud argument where two people are just going at it, one trying to convince the other of their rightness and neither hearing a word. When you’re trying so hard it’s usually because you yourself are not convinced. There’s no space when it’s so loud, whether it’s loud in your head or loud by your voice.

I really think this is why finding your peaceful center can heal your life. When you can step back and stop trying to be right and start trying to make your life work, there’s a shift. This is your life after all and simply proving that you are right and someone else is wrong does not give you peace, it gives you momentary satisfaction. Soon you will need to find something else to make wrong. It’s a vicious cycle and it’s easy to find support to stay in it. You can always find someone to agree with you and buy into your story. You can always find someone to say that what he did was horrible or what she did was just wrong. If you want to get to a peaceful place in your life, than it can’t be about right or wrong. Our relationships are all a work in progress and no one escapes that. It takes two people to create it and two people to change it. It’s your choice of how you want to look at it.

Finding your stillness will give you strength. It will empower you to make better decisions and give you the courage you need to take responsibility for your life and everything that goes on in it.

Today I am grateful that all my needs are met.