Stillness Teaches Us Patience When we practice listening to sacred stillness, the stillness teaches us patience. Many of us do not particularly appreciate the opportunities waiting gives us. We often think of patience as more of a weakness than a strength. Our culture tells us it is reasonable to expect immediate gratification. We surround ourselves with increasingly complex technology and become impatient when it does not work perfectly. More and more our lives are built around the idea of getting… Read more

Wisdom Lives in Stillness What is wisdom and where do we go to find it? How do we search for it? It is true wisdom lives in stillness? We find looking for knowledge or information easier than for wisdom. Our culture seems to value being informed and knowing things more than becoming wise. Some of us assume we need to grow old in order to gain wisdom. We like to believe experience automatically helps us find wisdom. We might try… Read more

Watching and Waiting Watching and waiting are not activities we particularly enjoy. Part of it is because we live in a culture addicted to instant gratification. The allure of getting what we want when we want it seduces me as much as anyone else. There is also an expectation we should be able to exert some control over our lives. We work hard to gain the money and the power which give us opportunities to make our own decisions. There… Read more