Stress arises from contention. Often in life we choose contention when we have other alternatives. One of those alternatives is silence. We are not required to participate in every discussion, whether it is personal, incidental, or work related. There are times when the simplicity of silence enables you to cut through things to the core of them, whatever that core may be.
"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
The Simplicity of Silence
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