Do You Like Quiet?
I can spend many hours in silence. I have taken long trips in the car and never turned on the radio or listened to anything. I am very happy just thinking. The best feeling is when I walk in the house and nobody is home and I take in the quiet. Those few moments are the so relaxing it resets me from any annoyances’ I may have encountered. I love to sit out back on the deck. Yes, it is not always quiet out there. However, when I listen to nature it has its own quieting influence.
My wife is the complete opposite. She wants the tv on from wake-up to bedtime. She would have the tv on to fall asleep with if I was not there. In the car she has the radio on all the time.
I guess I can deal with the quiet because I am comfortable being alone. It has been that way most of my life. In my late teen years, I got into reading. I spend a lot of time doing it. I like quiet when I read.
Even though I like quiet, I have not meditated much. There is a big difference between enjoying quiet and meditation.
Spending a lot time in quiet does have its challenges at times. You get to listen to the voice in your head. As I wrote earlier, sometimes that conversation led to poor choices. I accept the voice in my head over the tv being on.
Having quiet time is very important to me. It keeps me calm.
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