Too Quiet?
For the spirituality subject I'm doing this semester we are required to undertake a quiet day. A quiet day being 5 hours of silence and no interaction with people. Time alone to reflect and be with God. My quiet day is tomorrow.
You know what? I'm actually nervous. I expect the first couple of hours to be hard but I also expect that at the end it will have been an interesting and worthwhile experience if nothing else. In concept it doesn't seem that difficult just be quiet for 5 hours. I can read in that time, I can write things down in that time. I can pray (in fact I suspect I'm supposed to!) so why is that something to make me nervous?
What is it about silence that makes me nervous or agitated even? I don't even think it's the silence. I think I'm worried that I'll be bored and time with drag by. While that's not exactly fun that's not going to hurt me! And time will end at some point.
I'm really not sure about this. I'll have to see how it goes. It's time for God and me which should (and hopefully will be) a great opportunity. I just hope I can keep that focus there.
Wish me luck!
posted by Kim @ 9:24 PM
1 Comments:
hi, how did it go? I did a Taize retreat once and we were supposed to have 1 hour of silence with no contact during the weekend (abrieviated version for the experience.) I went outside and walked, thought, prayed, reflected, breathed, listened, and (without a watch on) wondered how I'd know when my 1 hour was up? It seemed way too early to return to the building or common area, but as it started to rain I did, and found I'd spent almost 1 hour 50 mins! God really fills your time with meaning if you don't try tooo hard to look for it. Just let it happen! I look forward to hearing about your experience. CPW
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