CHERISH THE SILENCE

I’m learning to take advantage of the quiet times between all the activity life gives us. Maybe it’s this place—California—or maybe it’s this time of life, but whatever it is, I’m finding ways to reach the silence in me.

Instead of running from one activity to the next, I’m finding the time to just Be. What is interesting is that the more I do this the more the silence seems to hang around. The silence just appears on its own, sending me a little hint, "hey, I’m here, Bozo!"

I don’t know if I’ve discovered some important secret to life or what. But it sure feels good to be connected to this other, deeper, far more rewarding part of me.

All of us need to be reminded, from time to time, that we are after all, truly Divine Beings created in God’s image. That’s what Buddha was telling us—and Krishna and Christ and Mohammed and all the ones who attained Buddhahood. "Even you and me," I need to be reminded—even me.