A new year can bring new life, new opportunities and...new direction! Where do we start? So many thoughts can rush in when we begin to think of a new direction or change. What if we started with just one? For some it might be a goal, or others may think of a project to begin, end or finish. May I suggest that in the new year we listen to The Quiet Voice.
You know. The voice that gets smothered by the noise of the day, television, or other loud voices in our head! The small voice we often dismiss as, "oh, I'm being silly." The Quiet Voice that can tell us if something isn't safe, if another thing doesn't feel right, can often share truths, can make us feel uncomfortable, and can also help us recognize what we like or don't like. How many times in life we miss or dismiss that small voice, keeping ourselves from who we really are, by listening to the louder more obvious voices.
Do we miss THAT voice when we don't trust our own judgment, trust how we really feel, know what we truly want, and continually do what others want for us or from us. As we become our own person, internalize our own wants and needs, begin to recognize who we are The Quiet Voice can arise and become more audible.
The Quiet Voice can be faint in the beginning. Do you hear it? Listen. It's there. Try not to smother it out with things, noise, others. It can be hard to find at first. We have done a lot to push The Quiet Voice down, but take the time to be quiet, become intentional, and listen. The Quiet Voice. Start there.
