Silence...Is It Really Golden?!...Or Just A Pause In Time?!

(modocreative)

     I've never really ascribed to the expression: "Silence is golden..."...even today...when I really don't have anything pressing to talk about! ^_^ Generally speaking, I love it when there's some talking going on! ...Although I do love this print! (In the header photo) ...I don't know where I'd put it though. Everywhere in my house is 'noise-talk central'! LOL
       But...lack of planned subject matter today did have me asking myself this morning: "Is this gonna be the first day where you haven't posted anything on your blog?"...And the answer quickly came back: "No!"...LOL...because even when there's nothing planned for me to talk about, I can ALWAYS find something to say! ^_^
      Don't get me wrong though! I know that sometimes silence is called for...or, if not called for, you can get 'struck' by it! That's what happened to me when I saw the headline that was posted by someone on Facebook the other day. It said: "Police shoot, kill mother stabbing child"!...I was immediately struck by silence!
          And after I saw the video...

      ...I was struck by silent tears. :-( 
      Yes...sometimes you can't help but be silent...But, in my mind, silent is different from quiet. So, maybe the phrase should be: "Being quiet is golden"!....O_0 But then it wouldn't have the same 'roll' off the tongue. :-]
     I think of 'quiet' as a more necessary word sometimes though. Like...

(LittlePlaces)

         ...when you're studying or reading a good book...Speaking of which, remember the good book I read recently...The Help?! Well...I still haven't seen the movie!! Do you believe that?! :-/ But that's gonna be remedied next week! Me and my girlfriend are gonna have a 'girl's day', and we're gonna see it together!! :-) I'm excited! I hope the movie lives up to the book!! Friends of mine that have seen it say it does! :-)

(ItsWrittenOnTheWall)         

         Okay...so maybe 'silence' is gonna be necessary then too! :-)
      How about 'quiet' being necessary when you're in certain places...like this!... 

      (sonnyspics)

         ...Mainly I think of quiet here because there's no one around to talk to...except yourself! LOL But I guess sitting in 'silence' in these places is appropriate too. Necessarily so... for sanity, in some instances!.......Yes! I do know I'm rambling! ^_^

        And 'quiet' works wonders when you're listening to certain music...like orchestras with all of the melodic strings, or Kristin Chenoweth singing with the Boston Pops Orchestra...  

        And with that....I'm gonna be quiet now. :-) Take a pause for the weekend, and Have a golden day everybody! :-)

 (Gayana)

 Sitting Quiet

I love just sitting quiet,
letting silence be my friend.
I'm not afraid to be alone,
and hear my breathing out and in.

With no T.V. on, or music,
just some thinking done, with me,
In a world where quiet reading
is now called "activity".

There's no reason to be scared,
or to need all kinds of noise,
to create some kind of chaos,
or to look for games and toys;

Just a quiet low lit room,
where I ponder my life course,
where I think of plans ahead,
but no thoughts I have to force.

Just me, still, and sitting quiet.
Nothing altering my mood.
No smoke wafting at my sinus,
no one mad or being rude.

Can you turn off all the gadgets?
Can you hear your own self sigh?
If you cannot take the quiet,
You should stop and wonder why!