The other day my wife asked me to talk with someone on the phone and I signaled that I would do so but needed a few minutes of lead time. I took that time to clear my head of its regular thoughts (cooking dinner, balancing the checkbook, which movie to watch, etc.) so that I could listen better. I wanted to listen more clearly to them, God and my own intuition so that I could then respond to their needs, not something else. I find that I need periods of quiet time during the day in order to function well. “It [inner silence] is to establish an inner peace, an inner harmony, which will allow us authentically to contribute to the establishment of an outer peace and an outer harmony in the world at large.” (Daniel A. Seeger)
