Today’s Just Be thought
This one is about silence. Learning how to live in silence is worth doing. It takes time and dedicated effort to shut off the background noise.
When I say “silence”, I don’t mean putting earcoverings on and blocking out all sound. I mean shutting off the noisy distractions that we purposely turn on to fill voids.
This includes background music, tv on but muted, phone notifications (except for emergency pings), etc.
For example, when I’m typing up these Just Be notes, I shut off the music and lock both work and personal laptops. I want to be in the moment undistracted by anything else.
In doing so I can be more creative. I can hear the birds singing, Cash barking, the neighbor cutting and collecting hay. I hear the whirrrr of the air conditioning and the gentle creaking of the house as the midday sun warms different parts of it up.
I can feel the breeze of the aircon fan and the tenseness of my legs telling me I’ve been standing too long and must rest.
I am living in the moment, and in doing so am much more creative now than I would be otherwise.
Here’s the quote:
“Everything that’s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness.”
Wayne Dyer