Stillness does not always arrive in a quiet room.
Sometimes the room is quiet while my mind is answering questions no one has asked, revising yesterday, and preparing for tomorrow.
At other times, the surroundings are noisy and something inside me remains unhurried.
I remember standing in a long checkout line while the person ahead of me searched for a missing coupon. I could feel the familiar pressure rising: I was going to be late, the line should move faster, and everyone involved ought to recognize the urgency of my schedule.
Then I noticed that the urgency was happening almost entirely inside me.
The line remained still. I stopped turning its pace into an attack.
For a few moments, I could hear the ordinary sounds around me without using them as evidence that peace was unavailable.
The stillness of God is mine because it does not depend on circumstances coordinating themselves around my preferences. It is not the absence of activity. It is the absence of an inner argument with the present.
Today I want to notice where I am treating speed as safety.
I may still need to communicate that I am late, choose another line, or change a plan.
Stillness does not prevent practical action.
It lets action come from somewhere deeper than impatience.
A PRIVATE REFLECTION
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A QUIETER WAY TO PRACTICE
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