{"id":3070,"date":"2015-07-19T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2015-07-19T11:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2015-07-10T14:44:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-10T18:44:12","slug":"silence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2015\/07\/silence.html","title":{"rendered":"Silence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/files\/2015\/07\/asleep-on-blanket.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3072 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/269\/2015\/07\/asleep-on-blanket-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"asleep on blanket\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>We have a baby in the house. It\u2019s been a long time since our daughters were young and we had to \u201cshhh, be quiet, the baby is sleeping.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s nice.<\/p>\n<p>The quiet.<\/p>\n<p>I have a neighbor who spends every Monday in silence. He speaks to no one, except a few words to his cat, so the cat knows he isn\u2019t getting the silent treatment.<\/p>\n<p>My neighbor is very thoughtful, steadily following a spiritual, but not religious journey. He\u2019s very interesting to talk with, but not on Mondays.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m enjoying the silence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor God alone, O my soul, wait in silence,\u00a0for my hope is from him.\u201d\u2014Psalms 62:5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a baby in the house. It\u2019s been a long time since our daughters were young and we had to \u201cshhh, be quiet, the baby is sleeping.\u201d It\u2019s nice. The quiet. I have a neighbor who spends every Monday in silence. 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