Keeping Silence
"a time to keep silence, and a time to speak." Ecclesiastes 3:7 My preferred method of self-expression and reflection has always been writing. (And I have journals from 3rd grade on to prove it.) In fact, I've come to rely heavily on writing as a way to process life - whether its the inevitable big life changes, emotions out of control, or a nagging problem that I can't seem to resolve. In these past two months or so there have been a multitude of things I've wanted to write about. Several difficult and even tragic events happened in the lives of family and friends. I felt deeply as these things unfolded and longed to express the way they were impacting me. There was political drama and newsworthy happenings that captured my attention. I was itching to get my opinions out there, to make my own responses, rants, and raves. Then there were the usual personal defeats and victories in my own spiritual being that were begging to be acknowledged on paper. ...