Lots of Nothing

I started several blogs in the past few days but all that seems to come out is babble.

Do you post when there’s really nothing to say?

Do you talk to others when you really have nothing to say?

Does silence make you uncomfortable?

I used to be one who couldn’t stand silent air between two people for too long. When my hubby talks to his friends on the phone there are often long pauses where no one speaks. I’m like “Say something for Pete’s sake!”

Like silence is a bad thing.

I suppose that’s a holdover from some long-forgotten teen or young adult moment. Who knows.

But lately I’m finding a comfortable alliance between too much talking and too little.

Nothing is worse than sitting listening to someone babble on and on. Except maybe stone dead silence.

Maybe we all talk to reassure ourselves that we’re alive. That what we think and feel and say matters.

But a comfortable silence between friends and/or family matters too.

Maybe others don’t want a solution or an opinion but merely someone to listen. That’s how many work out their confusions or insecurities.

So learn to just listen. And be comfortable within the walls of silence.

Sometimes just a nod is all that matters. Even if you’re just nodding to yourself.