Enjoy the Silence

It's incredible how words are over-rated. In moments of silence we're supposed to find true peace, tranquility, wholeness. And we don't get much quiet, nowadays. So how are we to find true self in the middle of this whole mess?

The matter of finding space to breathe has allways been inherent to the human being. Finding our own voice, expression and everything that comes with it. And our space is created by the silence we can get from people, with is somewhat a reflection of their respect for us and how much do thwy want to hear us, what we have to say.

As we give more space to silence, words begin to receive their rightfull weigh. The words of someone who usually keeps quiet are more valuable than most, because being economic with words increases what they're worth.

Because we should too give words the power they deserve. I've heard some stories you wouldn't believe. I've listened to testemonies most people wouldn't see in their wildest dreams.

And the most important part of all of this is to meet the balance and be able to differ what should be forgotten and what should be cherished and kept. Because you must have something to remember and to thing about during your private moments of silence.

Today we remember the death of aproximatly 22.000 people over the 60 years since the independence of Israel. They died due to the wars, the terrorist strikes, whatever. Their voices now silenced by time, but their stories forever kept in the history of the country and, thus, of the world.

In this day, we take one minute of silence to honor these people. We can use this minute in many different ways. We can wonder about their lives or their deaths, we can think about the difference they made. This silence that is somehow forced on us by the power of the day brings us to think about many different aspects of these lives.

We should really take more minutes of silence.