Silence gives weight to your words

Silence is not merely the absence of noise. It is the space where an experience settles, an emotion finds a name, and a response ceases to be an immediate reflex. Whoever lives constantly surrounded by stimuli can speak much and say very little of their own. They repeat opinions, answer before understanding, and do not allow what has been received to pass through their interior. Words come out without density. Keeping a time of silence helps you listen to God, to others, and to yourself. Afterward you can speak with more simplicity, because you do not need to fill every empty gap. A word born of attentive presence usually accompanies better than many phrases uttered to escape discomfort.