I found I had less and less to say, until finally, I became silent, and began to listen. I discovered in the silence the voice of God.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
If we are designed to be in communion with God, if God is our Lover, then we have to indulge in the things that lovers do. The lover wishes always to be in the loved one's presence, to gaze and behold. The name for this loving regard is contemplation.