Reflection
Stillness is part of the awareness of God’s presence which we call prayer. It involves no commotion or agitation. Rather, to be still is to seek a serenity, a calm, a tranquility of being. We exchange our usual business, noise and activity for silence and quiet. In the moment of stillness we touch into our inner selves and open ourselves to God’s presence within and without.
Prayer
I will bless you as long as I live; in your name I will lift up my hands.
Psalm 63:4
Action
Review the times for stillness in your day. Where can you make this happen realistically?
Suggested Readings
Be still and know that I am God.
Psalm 46:10
In the business of this day
Grant me a stillness of seeing, O God.
In the conflicting voices of my heart
Grant me a calmness of hearing,
Let…my words and my actions
Be rooted in a silent certainty of your presence.
Let my passions or life…
Be grounded in the experience of your stillness
J.Philip Newell
Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself.
Hermann Hesse
Bring yourself back to the point quite gently. And even if you do nothing during the whole of your hour but bring your heart back a thousand times, though it went away every time you brought it back, your hour would be very well employed.
St. Francis De Sales
In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.
Deepak Chopra