This is wonderful! I have been really looking at this myself a lot lately. I just did a radio show a few weeks ago with a man who intentionally spent a YEAR in solitude by himself to gather some of that silence. Very powerful stuff! His name is Bob Kull and the book is called Solitude.

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My coaching clients take FSBs (frequent short breaks) for one minute every hour where they close their door, or go outside, or stand in a stairwell, or put on their headphones (without music or “noise”), breathe deeply into their belly and focus on their arms and legs (to take them out of their head). They find the stillness nourishing and nuturing…and can maintain a consistent connection to their deeper self, and learn to live with silence, and view silence as a friend not an enemy.

Addictions are hard to break and this process allows one to chip away at their addiction for “noise” in baby steps…

@Davina – Thank you! And congratulations – sounds like you’ve been pretty good at this for quite a while!

@Barbara – Well said, it is a great lesson to be able to accept silence. And thanks again for the NBOTW honor this week!

My day is near it’s end, and I’m enjoying hearing only the tap of my fingers on the keyboard.

I love to work in silence. Often the employees will ask why I don’t have music playing. To me it’s a distraction, and can even become irritating.

Many years ago when I lived my myself, I learned to enjoy my own company. It was one of the greatest lessons I ever learned. Silence IS golden!

Congrats on NBOW. I enjoyed this post and I LOVE silence. I remember in Grade 3, (funny how some things stand out in your memory) that the teacher was frustrated with our noisy class. She decided to have a contest and the quietest student would win a prize. Guess who won?

I come from BWAB and want to congratulate you on being NBOTW! Skimmed your blog — love the photos and the quotes! I incorporate quotes in my blog as well, but not in quite the same way.

This post really “spoke” to me – LOL. I’ve recently listened to podcasts of Oprah interviewing Eckhart Tolle and he also emphasizes the power of silence in our lives. Thanks for reinforcing it once again. I’ve been practicing yoga for 3 years and I think that’s where the importance of silence and listening to my inner being first started.

Looking forward to reading more of your posts — old & new.

Nice to “meet” you! Keep up the great work!

@Amanda – yes, we need to turn off the noise to hear ourselves – it’s easy to be distracted with everything going on around you.

@Marelisa – Thank you! And, the cabin sounds just right – someplace to get away from our daily activities.

@Mark – My wife would probably agree that I’m not always silent either when I sleep! Great quote, too.

@Dr Cason – I think when there is so much “noise” that is so convenient, it becomes too easy to turn it on instead of turn it off. I rarely have the radio off in the car, but yet when I bike to work one of the great benefits is the peacefulness of the ride (i.e. quiet). Again, it’s convenient to turn on the radio in the car, so I do. I guess the key is to actively seek out some silence in our lives.

@Rebecca – I’ve always been against having a tv in our bedroom (we don’t), and that ends up being a time and place where we (my wife and I) can connect better on the day past without any distractions (kids, tv, phone calls, etc). Thanks for you kind comments.

@Bamboo Forest – Thanks! I’d agree that we have our normal interactive mode, and our reflective mode. The key is to find a balance between the two.

Cheers,

- Bamboo Forest