In the Stillness

Every morning when I wake up, I open my Morning Meditation playlist on YouTube and just sit. I don't pray (yet) or do anything else. I just sit. Do you know how hard it is to just be still? It's one thing to be quiet. But to be still takes a greater discipline. Because in being still, you have to silence the "inner thoughts" the "inner voices". I'm the type of person, if I wake up in the middle of the night, I can NOT think about anything or I will be awake. It can be the simplest thing. Once my mind gets going, there's no turning it off. Even to go back to sleep for a few precious moments of snoozing. As I sit, usually on the bed, I focus on the music that I am listen to. It's all instrumental. No words, no even instrumentals of songs I know. Just strings, flutes, and piano. Anyone that knows me, knows I LOVE a good string driven song, especially if a Cello is involved. I don't talk to God (yet), I do...