Is something really silent if the absence of all noise stirs up an inner voice? I do my best thinking when everything is quiet and I’m able to hear every little thing going on in my mind. I ponder about the littlest things in my day and some deep hard things that I’ve set aside. A lot of self-reflection comes with silence for me lately and it tends to get harder to hush my inner voice.

So instead, I allow it to speak up. Because when I tune out all the noise is when I can really tune in. I can see if I’m becoming who I really want to be. If I’m proud of who I was today or need to do better tomorrow. I see if I’m living with purpose or just drifting by.

So to me, nothing really is silent and I’m okay with that.