�Tis the season when we really need a moment of silence. It�s also the season when we really have to work to make sure we get one. At a time we traditionally devote to loving, giving, and gratitude, the quiet and peace we need to appreciate our gifts seems all too elusive. Try to give yourself the gift of silence now and then during the holiday hubbub so you have a chance to really enjoy the experience of celebration. It�s when you merge into the silence and become one with it that you reconnect to your Source and know the peacefulness that is God. �Be still and know that I am God,� says the Old Testament. The key words are still and know. Mother Teresa described silence and its relationship to God by saying, �God is the friend of silence. See how nature�trees, grass, grow in silence; see the stars, the moon, and the sun, how they move in silence� We need silence to be able to touch souls.�
Everything that�s created comes out of silence. Your thoughts emerge from the nothingness of silence. Your words come out of this void. Your very essence emerged from emptiness. All creativity requires some stillness. Your sense of inner peace depends on spending some of your life energy in silence to recharge your battery, remove tension and anxiety, reacquaint you with the joy of knowing God, and feel closer to all of humanity. Going into the quiet and listening will heal and inspire you. In silence, you make your personal and conscious contact with God. As Melville reminded us, �God�s one and only voice is silence.�
May the voice of silence bring you peace this holiday season.
- Wayne W. Dyer