Choosing silence

 

When silence is a choice, it is an unnerving presence. When silence is imposed, it is censorship.

Terry Tempest Williams (When Women Were Birds)

Choosing to be silent

Not through fear

or passivity 

or at the whim of others

But choosing silence

to maintain relationship

and to channel the energy

of debate

into making a difference

instead of an argument.

Choosing silence

not as an easy way out

but as a considered choice

that will have greater effect.

Choosing silence

not to withhold information

but to discern

a way forward together

that holds the promise

of partnership in the future.

Choosing silence

as presence

Taking hold of the censorship

Reframing

in a new

and powerful light.

Silence may be

IS

 a choice.