La libertad en mi silencio (Esp-Eng)

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Greetings, dear community Hive account@holos-lotus I feel very pleased every time I can write here 💓

I was delighted and pleased to read the post from our friend Hive account@damarysvibra and immediately my mind went "click". I said: "This is for me. I want to write about this topic."

And the thing is that silence has been my best ally and at the same time something like a judge. Let me explain.

I tend to be a quiet and reserved person. When I notice that I'm talking a lot I usually think: "I feel very happy and at ease or I'm a bit anxious". I've been progressively learning which is the case in me, but that's another topic 😅

Going back to the silence thing, for me it's like a companion of peace. Like being next to someone who just gives you tranquility, serenity. I could compare it to something like getting a massage that relaxes my mind and ears 😁

Sure, I have fun and indulge in sharing with friends, family or doing anything else, but I also know that there will come a time in the day when I will enter my room and I can enjoy feeling the silence that my personal and intimate space brings me.

That's what silence really is in my case: an enjoyment and satisfaction that takes me away from all the noise, almost at every level, that there is in the world.

In addition, I must say that keeping silent has been my ally on many occasions. It has saved me from unnecessary inconveniences. Why?

✨ I try to think better what I am going to say, this way I avoid making others feel bad or uncomfortable with my words.

✨ I try to avoid embarrassing myself by saying something inappropriate.

✨ It makes me somewhat more willing to listen to and understand others.

✨ I can meditate better on things I like or do work that requires my greatest concentration.

On the other hand, although sometimes it has been so, I must confess that it is not easy for me to silence my mind. To stop it when it wants to jump from there to here 🙈 I am still working on it.

In the same way, my silence was sometimes like a judge: it points at me and condemns me for what I have left unsaid.

It is well known that what one keeps silent, the body speaks it and that this can be carried as a backpack of repressed emotions. That is why, at times, there was a time when I felt the deterioration of silencing what should not be silenced.

This kind of silence exhausted me in every way. It created anguish and stress. In addition to that, of course, it created certain physical discomforts.

From all this, I understand that achieving a balance in what can be said, what should be said and what should not be said is not easy. It is quite a challenge.

Nevertheless, with the help of deep breathing, assertive communication and the occasional mistake 😅 I continue to learn.

So I remind myself that if I talk a lot, I'm likely to be wrong a lot, but if I don't talk my silence could be a weight 💜

Thank you so much, friend Hive account@damarysvibra for addressing this wonderful topic.