To Speak

We often forget that who we are speaks to others all the time, whether we open our mouths or not. From time to time our being may be silent and still, yet it emanates. It speaks without words.

For some this awareness leads to self-consciousness. They feel too exposed, too vulnerable for the usual interactions. Some babble and seek continual reflection and confirmation from others as a reassurance that they are fine and lovable...

..M E D I T A T I O N
No doubt, the first human words
were grunts and growls, cries and humming.
We expressed mostly through action and signaling sounds.

What a marvel and mystery it is then
that language developed and the possibility of...


Taken from Simple ways by Gunilla Norris