What would it be like if we all slow down…sit down…and listen?
Will you take the challenge?
For just one day…
Find a quiet space in your home… or perhaps somewhere outside… where you can see or hear no other person.
Put down your phone…take off your head phones…take away anything can intrude into the quiet of this time.
Now for just fifteen minutes make yourself comfortable…and sit…
Just sit and listen…
You may at first feel time dragging…wondering how long is fifteen minutes…you may find yourself waiting for it to be over. But persevere…just slow down…and sit…and listen.
Listen to the sounds around you over which you have no control…
Allow them to speak to you… and then let them go…
Savour the silence…enjoy the moment…
And then when it is over…say thank you to yourself for taking this fifteen minutes for you.
And tomorrow do the same again…let it become YOU time… let the world go by without you for these minutes.
And keep doing this every day and then allow yourself to listen for the voice of God speaking to you…you might be amazed at what you hear…in this YOU time…shared only with God.
Karen OSU