June 15, 2017
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A Time to Be Silent
I saw a post from a Facebook friend where she made no apologies for her pointed political and social posts lately. I liked that; yes, sometimes we are moved in our hearts and we have to speak, we can't be silent.
But oddly enough, I'm in another place for once. Since about...June 2016? I've been relatively silent about politics and religion. It's not fun. I have a lot of thoughts. I want to share. But I started feeling like it was backfiring, that my words were working against me. The point of posting one's words is not really about oneself; the point is for those who hear. If there is no listener who needs to hear what is in my heart, why am I speaking?
I started writing online in maybe 1997, on some old forums that I fervently hope are fully scrubbed off the Internet, haha. And online writing has mostly been very, very good to me. I meet wonderful people in weird, wonderful ways.
But I don't know, I feel like I need to prove I can be silent, that I need to save my words for the hour of greatest need. Maybe I just need to prove I can be quiet, ha, if necessary. Maybe this is humbling myself, in the good, spiritual way of not being overconfident. I don't know, but I'm trying to enjoy this season of silence, even if I don't understand it fully.
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I try not to be blatantly political online. I'm not one to try to stir pots or play devil's advocate. I know some people enjoy that, and the discussions brought forthwith could prove to be interesting, but they can also sometimes cause havoc and stress, and there is more than enough stress already.
While you take a sabbatical from political and religious posts, remember there are those of us who would gladly read your thoughts on other topics.
'Til then, Be well, Be blessed.
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