The world needs more silence. Why? And how?
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Explanation:
Silence is a precious commodity that is disappearing, according to the World Health Organization.
The world is getting louder, and lately, the rising decibel levels have been getting to me.
At first, I thought it was an age thing, this need I have to carve out time each day to sit in silence, turn down the volume in my life, reflect and recalibrate. When the phones in the office ring non-stop, when traffic’s particularly nasty getting home, or when construction next door threatens to drive me mad, I find the quietest corner in the house and check out for an hour, sometimes more, listening to nothing but my own thoughts.
My husband, a social animal, finds it strange. For a time I worried, too. Was I becoming anti-social, a loner? But then, over the holidays, a friend of my son shared with me that he had recently returned from a 10-day silent meditation retreat.