A life of joy is not in seeking happiness, but in experiencing and simply being the circumstances of our life as they are.
~ by Charlotte Joko Beck
Silence brings us back to basics, to our senses, to our selves. It locates us. Without that return we can go so far away from our true natures that we end up, quite literally, beside ourselves. We live blindly and act thoughtlessly. We endanger the delicate balance which sustains our lives, our communities, and our planet.