Silence ..
How do you feel about silence?
Not the kind of silence you'd experience when sitting alone, no.
Sitting in a room full of people, in silence .. not knowing who's going to speak next or what they're going to say.
Silence is golden, they say .. but is it?
How it makes you feel says a lot about the person you are.
Does it make you feel uncomfortable?
How uncomfortable?
Not at all, you'd actually enjoy it?
A bit so you'd pray with all your heart for someone to break it?
A lot to the extent that you'd do anything to break it? Would you break it with a chuckle? A question? A comment about how awkward this is?
If silence makes you uncomfortable, it's an indication that you're uncomfortable with uncertainty. You *need* structure. You *need* to know what's going to happen next. Not just in this room. In your life. In everything.
Silence is uncomfortable, yes .. but next time try savoring it, instead of worrying about who's going to break it. Uncertainty is not that scary after all. Life goes on.
~ A reflection from group therapy.
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