Silence/Interruptions

The last few months I had been struggling and couldn’t really pin point what I was struggling with. Winter has been hard and long. We have been having a few family members not doing well. Plus just the overall pressures of life with raising humans. Even with all of those things there felt like there was something more that was going on.

Even as I write this I want you to understand that I don’t think that my children are interruptions. It’s the day in and out of being interrupted and not being able to have a complete emotion or WHOLE thought process. How did I finally figure out that this was the things that was weighing me down and bothering me the most?

I went away for two days and was in SILENCE.  I was with my thoughts and they were complete and it felt so amazing!!! There were a few things I was really able to go back in my brain file folder and have a true whole emotion and thought process in. It was so freeing and I couldn’t believe how much I needed SILENCE.  It made me realize how important silence is in our lives. The great thing about it was when I stepped away and got that time of silence. I was able to handle the interruptions better.

So what would getting a time of silence or stepping away look like to you? For some it might be a walk by yourself to think and process the day. Maybe getting up super early and heading to the local coffee shop to write, think and process. It doesn’t have to be fancy, expensive or super creative. I love sitting by water and being in nature. It grounds me and helps me realize how beautiful life is in the stress and mess of life.