HUSH, BE STILL I

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear." - Ram Dass

Hush

A farmer realized he had lost his watch in the barn. It was no ordinary watch because it had sentimental value for him. After searching unsuccessfully among the hay for days; he gave up and enlisted the help of a group of children who usually played, outside the barn. Promising to reward whoever found it first. With this, the children raced into the barn. They went through and around the entire stack of hay in there, but couldn't find it. Just when the farmer was about to give up looking, one other little boy went up to him and asked to look again. The farmer looked at him and thought, "Why not? After all, there's no harm in trying."

So he sent the little boy back in the barn. After a while he emerged - with the watch in his palm! The farmer was both happy and surprised. He asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed. The boy replied, "All I had to do was, sit still on the hay and listen. In the silence, I heard the ticking of the watch and just looked for it in that direction."
You have searched frantically enough, it is time to sit still and listen. Have you ever been caught up in a busy and noisy environment, with your phone in your pocket or bag. The noise all around so crazy you could barely hear yourself but, for some reason your phone rings and - even though you're in a noisy environment - you still hear the ringtone? Yes. Why is that? It's because you're so used to your ringtone that it doesn't just take your ears to hear it, but your mind - your spirit.

We have lost many valuable things in the barn of life, but because there's so much noise in our spirits we are unable to hear clearly. The rustling of leaves, and the noise of our problems completely drown out the voice of God, showing us the way. God is speaking in the midst of your trials. I call on you to hush, and sit still today. Relax, keep a peaceful mind, so you'll hear better. Allow a few minutes of silence in the midst of that chaos, and see how sharply you hear God's solution to set your life the way it should be...and remember, according to Deepak Chopra, "In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you."