The holidays are almost over. This week between Christmas and New Year’s is usually one of the happiest—the stress of preparing for Christmas is past. We are still enjoying the warmth of the holidays, parties, family visits, new gifts. But soon it will be January—a relatively quiet, uneventful month.
We may not have had much quiet in our lives recently. Now is the time to catch up on the quiet.
Prayer is important, but sometimes we mistake prayer with asking God to give us what we need. We pray about what is wrong and ask for it to be fixed. We get so caught up in the worry of our prayers that we forget to quiet our minds. We forget to seek quiet, silence, and just to listen.
In my last post I talked about Joseph as the silent partner of the Holy Family. He doesn’t strike me as a worrier. He saw what needed to be done and he did it. We can do the same by not worrying and just trusting that when we need to act we will know what to do.
We make it easier to know when we listen.
Today, spend a few minutes listening. Sit quietly. Be comfortable. Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Let your thoughts go. Don’t try to think. If thoughts enter your mind, tell your mind to hush. Let the thoughts go.
Imagine yourself waiting, in a quiet room, on a park bench, in a peaceful meadow. Waiting for God, for your Source, for your Higher Power, your Inner Knowing to speak.
