I must admit. Wednesday’s blog post was sort of phoned in. It was actually a chapter from an unpublished manuscript. I posted it because I couldn’t think of anything to post on Wednesday.
Before I made the decision, I was wracking my brain trying to think of something I could write about. How did I do that? I turned on the TV. I ran while listening to an audio book. I turned on my favorite music.
Figure this, though: No ideas came. None of those entertaining activities gave me any ideas. Who’d have thought?
You see; the issue wasn’t that I couldn’t think of anything to write about. The problem was that I didn’t give myself any time to think. I’d saturated my life with so much noise and stimulation that I was empty of any original thoughts.
Without time to think, how would I come up with anything original to write? If I was saturating myself with thoughts and entertainment from others, how could I do anything but copy or rip off what I was already seeing/reading.
Fortunately, this week I had some car problems. The battery isn’t charging very well. So I’ve been driving around without my AC or stereo running. This means windows down and silence in the car. It’s given me great time to think and process those thoughts.
I want to encourage you to welcome a bit of silence into your life. Silence will help you think real thoughts that have real impact on your life. You’ll process through your dreams. You’ll think of people you want to call. You’ll have realizations about yourself. And you’ll be able to talk to God and hear from Him.
Don’t fear silence. Silence is a blank canvas for your mind. Let your brain paint.