Silence doesn’t make us lonely.
Accusations do.
May the times of silence only
Help those broken to renew.
Text: Linked to dVerse Poetics. Dwight is hosting with the theme “Silence”. I am also linking this to Debbie Roth’s Forgiving Fridays.
Photos: “Chipmunk”, above, “Geese”, below.
True!!
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Thank you!
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What a perfectly beautiful perspective!
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Thank you, Pragalbha!
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🦋 Makes one think.
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I’m glad it had that effect. Thank you!
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Excellent observation. Silence can be very healing. I’ll take it over a room full of strife any day.
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The noisy strife is very tiring. Thank you!
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Good point, Frank. Sometimes it is better to let some things unsaid! Talking away the silence usually gets us into more trouble!
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Many things should be left unsaid–I’ve said too many of them myself. Thank you, Dwight, and thank you for the prompt!
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Thank you Frank. I am glad you like the prompt. You are right and the same for me!
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May it be a good kind of silence Frank~ Also love the photos!
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The good kind of silence is peaceful not painful. Thank you, Grace!
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kaykuala
May the times of silence only
Help those broken to renew.
Silence can be therapeutic obviously
Hank
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It can be. Thank you, Hank!
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“Silence doesn’t make us lonely…” though provoking. You are on to something.
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Sometimes the accusations come from ourselves thinking during periods of silence. Then we need others to break us out of that. Thank you, V. J.!
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You are so right about that!
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Cool. Short and sweet with a good point.
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Thank you!
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This is a refreshing take on the prompt Frank. So many of the responses are about how lonely silence is when you don’t have someone special. I live alone and really enjoy it. These days I relish the silence though of course it is nice to go out and chat with others. I do enjoy coming home to a silent house though.
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Other people are a good way to give us another perspective on reality. Sometimes we are the ones accusing ourselves and making ourselves miserable. Then others and their words may help us see things more clearly. I do enjoy silence as long as my inner chatter is positive. Thank you, Suzanne!
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Amen to that!
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Thank you, Vivian!
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Yes, may the silence be such that it helps us to grow and rejuvenate.
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That would be best. Thank you, Vandana!
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You are so right.
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Thank you, Reena!
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Silence is a healer.
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It is. Thank you, Caroline!
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Fabulous post, Frank…silence can be a friend!
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It is a friend. Thank you, Lynn!
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Succinct but so sincere. Love it
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Thank you!
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You’re welcome!
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Wise words, Frank.
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Thank you, Dan!
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So very true Frank and I love your capture of the chipmunk in the first photograph :o)
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That chipmunk’s motion through the grass kept my attention. I’m glad it didn’t run off before I could get a picture. Thank you, Xenia!
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Oh that’s precious…beautiful pictures too!!
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I am glad you liked them. Thank you, Sreeja!
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Sometimes silence is best, and healing, too.
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I can heal. Thank you, Merril!
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That type of silence is my favorite one.
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Mine also. Thank you, Bjorn!
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That’s something to ponder. (K)
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Thank you, Kerfe!
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Adversaries oF LoVE
Moving
Love Lower
Higher no Longer SiLent..:)
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We have to find a way through the adversaries of love. Thank you, Fred!
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SMiLes
DArker
Wings
Yet
Hope for RiSinG
Wings..:)
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Silence can be nourishing. Many of us can only write when alone–and silent.
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I need silence to write. Even background noise can be distracting. Thank you!
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You’re welcome. 😊
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This is so beautiful, Frank. Silence is such a tool to soothe and renew us when we’re hurt and judging! I find Spirit in the silence, in fact it was one of my spiritual intentions in a masters program. (Isn’t it neat that this program asked us to create spiritual intentions?) That photo is exquisite.
I’m honored to share this for #ForgivingFridays. Thank you for contributing. Your posts are renewing too!
Debbie
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Thank you, Debbie! It is good to create spiritual intentions. They keep us aware of what matters.
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Frank, I like the poem, but I have my questions about it. Can’t silence be at times an accusation too? I suppose that’s quibbling though, because when it is an accusation then it’s no longer mere “silence”. At any rate you’re the master of short verse.
The poem immediately put me in mind of my second marriage. Fortunately, I’m well over the pain such memories once caused me. But — and you may be curious about this — one of the lessons I learned from that Titanic was that there is no loneliness deeper or more profound than sharing a bed with someone who does not accept who you are as a person.
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Silence is an opportunity for self-accusation. That can be very painful. Then we need to talk to someone, break the silence, regain our own worth by seeing it in the eyes of others. But if there is no accusation going on, silence can be very nourishing and peaceful like a calm ocean. You make a good point that loneliness can happen even when one is with someone else and physically not alone with or without silence.
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Would you agree with me then that the comfortable silence old friends and/or lovers sometimes achieve — the comfort with which they can sit together in silence for hours — is among the most cherish-worthy things about such relationships? I find it’s almost sacred.
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Yes, it is good when you don’t have to say things to each other, but feel at home together. That is sacred.
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It is entirely true that you can experience comfortable silence with friends and family, Frank. Well penned.
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Silence is a good way to communicate. Thank you, Robbie!
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You are right. Sometimes it is better to leave things unsaid!
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Hopefully it will all work out. Thank you, Dwight!
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