At Wheatstone, one of the most intriguing things out of many wonderful things, was our almost daily quiet time. Before going to Wheatstone last summer, I did understand the importance of quiet time in a general, “Yah it’s good but I’d never find time for it” sort of way. But seeing the heavy importance that the Wheatstone staff put on this solitude, time of contemplation and quiet, made me rethink my previous hesitancy to commit to quiet time. After an intense discussion or mind-blowing lecture, it was refreshing to go outside on the lush grass under a shady tree and just rest my mind. Thinking, praying, reflecting, without distractions or sound or anything else but silence, is good for your soul just as much as deep thought or discussion or good books or movies or community. Spending time with people is important, but so is the occasional silence alone. Too often even when we’re alone, we are listening to our iPods, watching a movie, or IMing friends. Rarely do we truly sit still. T. S. Eliot prays, “Teach us to care and not to care,/ Teach us to sit still/ Even among these rocks,/ our peace in his will.”
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