It starts by looking at each other with nothing to say...
I read this quote the other day.
"Silence terrifies people the most."
And my response is, why?
Have we really got to a place where we have so much interaction and constant stimulation that a moment of silence scares us?
Whatever happened to reading a book?
Or sitting in a quiet place thinking and pondering our thoughts? Or ideas?
Are we really afraid of silence? Or are we just afraid to be still and quiet in a world that seems to always be moving and loud.
Silence is simple.
Is that the problem? We are always trying to make things more complex then they need to be?
I don't have all the answers, but I'd love to hear what you think about this quote.
Our hospice Medical Director, Dr. Chris Pile, always talked about this very thing....the silence. He used to always say "Let the silence happen, and just listen." He was a wise and brilliant man when it came to meeting dying patients and their families where they are. Silence is uncomfortable sometimes.....but let it happen....and just listen.
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