I have been receiving emails from "The Center for Action and Contemplation" for a number of months. On a daily basis they send a short, thought provoking message (usually no more than a couple of small paragraphs) from the writings of Richard Rohr. Whether I agree with everything he says or not, I am still prodded to think again about the things I believe.
Today's meditation was on the relationship between silence and words. I was struck with these words:
" Silence and words are related. Words that don’t come out of silence probably don’t say much. They probably are more an unloading than a communicating....If I had to advise one thing for spiritual growth, it would be silence."
It is so true. Many times I have found myself "unloading" words instead of really "communicating" something meaningful, birthed from time spent in silence.
Enough said....
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