Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life.

For the longest of time I was afraid of silence, because it said too many things. But most of all it said the truth that I wasn’t ready to hear, I wasn’t ready to hear the truth because that would mean I would have to sit in my own silence, thinking with myself, in my own company. That was one thing I did not like, I was scared of myself and so much more. It took me years to sit in dark, sit outside, sit the silence or sit in the truth for just ten seconds and realize nothing or no one is coming after me, it was up to me to accept it as well as learn something new about myself. That’s what I did, ten seconds became twenty, then a couple minutes, a couple hours, now I look towards silence for answers. I need it to prepare me for what I’m not ready for or just hold unto a moment’s before things change. I wish I knew the power of silence earlier, I use it all the time. I not only use to look it for answers but to put in boundaries or stand my ground or walk away from things.