Touch the Silence

“Learn to get in touch with the Silence within yourself and know that everything in this life has a purpose.” Elizabeth Kubler-Ross It is hard to get in touch with my inner Silence. My mind keeps talking to me, even when I sit quietly. I have found that to find Silence, when I sit quietly, I must let the day wash over me first. Then the silence can begin…if I’m patient with myself. This is not easy.

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Puzzle Me & Puzzle You

7H15 M3554G3 53RV35 70 PR0V3 H0W 0UR M1ND5 C4N D0 4M4Z1NG 7H1NG5! 1MPR3551V3 7H1NG5! 1N 7H3 B3G1NN1NG 17 WA5 H4RD BU7 N0W, 0N 7H15 LIN3, Y0UR M1ND 1S R34D1NG 17 4U70M471C4LLY W17H 0U7 3V3N 7H1NK1NG 4B0U7 17. B3 PR0UD! 0NLY C3R741N P30PL3 C4N R3AD 7H15. PL3453 F0RW4RD 1F U C4N R34D 7H15 🙂 … I received the above in my Facebook feed a few days ago. I also received it, around the same time, from a friend in an email. I’m not sure what message they are trying to give. Was it a test to see if I was intelligent? Is it about them? Could they read it and thus they were bragging?  Or was it a fun curiosity to occupy my time? What does reading it prove? Are we brighter than the next person if we meet this challenge and they don’t? Is reading it a translatable skill or is it...

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