A great deal of what I do daily requires a high level of focus and concentration, even the muscular control of walking or eating. If my focus on walking is broken by being surprised by something or having my attention drawn away, I stumble and occasionally even fall. Similar things happen with my other activities, which is why I value silence so highly. Silence around me enables me to easily focus on the thoughts or activities at hand, even unconditional love or other internal emotions. I prefer to not have noisy distractions around me. “When a peaceful silence lay over all, and the night had run half of her swift course, down from the heavens, from the royal throne, leapt your all powerful word.” (the book of Wisdom 18:14, 15)
