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Quiet Time is Necessary
By Sue Spitulnik
Are you comfortable in the silence with only your thoughts?
Can you sit calmly for hours in a hospital with a friend in an induced coma?
Go more than a day without talking to another human?
Permit yourself to wonder where the birds sleep at night?
Whip up a dinner for twelve, including dessert, thinking it's fun?
Do days of research for a project to make it come to fruition?
Can you laugh at yourself when you know you've made a blunder,
And can you say you're sorry when you should?
Can you spend hours making a quilt, then give it away?
Write the conversation of a make-believe family and have it sound natural?
Make up 99-word stories from written prompts, turning them into a series?
Keep a historical record of your family in photographs?
Can you admit little frightened you when you were young, and now many things do?
I can!
My thoughts take me on creative journeys which help when I am writing, sewing, photo-taking, seeking knowledge, and teaching. It's my life story to share with others, enriched by lots of quiet time.
