Today is Quiet Day.
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I can’t completely observe Quiet Day because of my work as a group therapist. However, there is quiet time in my groups, as we start with a mindfulness exercise to take a break from the chaos of life.
While I appreciate the idea of Quiet Day, this is the time for us to stop being quiet and to speak up about what is happening now, as did Jane Fonda at the SAG awards.
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I can image people who don’t agree with Jane Fonda wishing she’d be quiet, but she won’t.
Let’s use Quiet Day — and any quiet time we can find — to relax and recharge during these times when we need to raise our voices together. Hopefully we shall quiet those loud, toxic voices of chaos, fear, and destruction.
Here are my images for Quiet Day.
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I suspect we haven’t reached rock bottom yet, but we will if we stay quiet.
Thanks to all who are here for this Quiet Day post, including YOU!
Jane Fonda’s award was for Lifetime Achievement. People should listen when Lifetime Achievers speak, they’ve already proven themselves.
I’m so glad that Jane Fonda is not quiet, Dawn.
Good Morning Ann,
The ELON sticker is that of ELON College in North Carolina. Never to be confused with Muskmellon.
A great song to dance to: whatever gets those toes tapping and fingers snapping. For me, its usually something from the ska genre with my favorite band being from your neck of the woods- the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Awfully Quiet being the song that gets my heart pumping and my feet jumping.
Thank you for another extremely helpful response, Stan.
Quiet is a hard concept for me, Ann. Just ask my dear wife and cherished rescue mutt.
These are not quiet times, my friend.
I have no problem being quiet. It’s my fingers on the keyboard that tend to SHOUT!
GREAT!
I loved to dance to ‘I like to move it, move it’ with my class
Great moves, beth.
Today I had a dental cleaning. I try to sit back and ignore the noise during those but the hygienist and I started talking about the ukulele since she lived in Hawaii. And we listened to some songs by Jake Shimabukuro. I also told her she might like some songs by a singing therapist I know.
Well, THAT made my day.