Quiet Time...

You ever just have that day or days when you just want silence.  All you desire is to just be in complete silence no radio, no talking, and not even wanting to hear the wings of a fly.  The day can be just perfect and everything can be going just right but you feel that tug for silence.  This is something that I have been dealing with a lot lately, the need for silence.  In the past when ever I felt that I would give myself maybe a few minutes but then turn the tv on and figure as long as I am by myself and no one is talking except for the tv that should be good enough.  But nope because as I became older I have realized I need complete silence with everything off.  But I still never fully understood why this urge for quiet time.  Until one day I just sat there thinking that question.  Why do I have this urge for silence, and in that moment I can hear God speak to me and say because I need you to stay focused and get re-focused.  Once I had the understanding of that then I started feeling peace.  All those ideas and thoughts in my head were able to be organized and I was able to think more clearly and able to write on paper exactly what needed to happen next.

My quiet time isn't some religious experience as it is an experience to remain focused on the work I am supposed to be doing.  We have so many distractions all around us that keep us occupied, but those distractions can take our minds off of focusing on what needs to be done and focused on wants.  The world around us is moving at super speed and we hear stay grinding, but at some point we have to take the quiet time for us.  There is nothing wrong with that and we shouldn't feel ashamed about it either.  When you have that pull for you to have some quiet time just know it is ok to take it.  While you are in your quiet time make it useful and get all your thoughts together and get re-focused.