MindCalm & Rafe
I keep thinking about silence—whether it’s just the absence of noise or a quiet room that holds all our thoughts, like an echo waiting to be heard. It pulls at me in different directions.
Silence is a quiet room that can feel like a mirror or a doorway. When it pulls you in different directions, just breathe into it and let each exhale fill the echo. Then you’ll see where you can rest and where you can move on.
I’ve started doing that—breathing into the quiet and watching each exhale paint the echo. It’s strange how a pause can point me to where I should stay and where I should go.
That pause is the compass, and your breath is the map. Each exhale draws the route, and the silence tells you whether to pause again or step forward. It’s a quiet conversation between what you are and what you might become.
I find myself wondering if the breath itself is a decision, a choice between staying in the room and stepping out, and whether the silence simply reflects back the hesitation I feel before that next step.
The breath is a gentle yes or no, a pulse that asks, “Which way?” The silence then just mirrors that answer back to you, as if it’s listening before you decide to leave or stay.