The Restless Heart and the Gift of Stillness

So wherever you are — driving, walking, or sitting quietly — take this as an invitation to slow down. To open your heart. To discover again the gift of stillness.”

The Restless Heart and the Gift of Stillness & Silence to Create HarmonyWithin

As we begin, let’s take a moment to pause. Wherever you are, gently close your eyes – not if you are driving please – or soften your gaze.

Breathe in peace. Breathe out tension. Pause

Breathe in God’s presence. Breathe out your worries.

This is the Still Point — the place where calm and balance meet us, even in the middle of our day.”

Whether you stay for a few minutes or the whole message, the Still Point is here to steady you and renew your spirit.

Time and again, we pass by the treasures of our own lives—not because they are hidden, but because our hearts are restless.

I know this in myself: my mind drifts to what’s unfinished, what’s coming next, what I wish I’d handled differently.

And maybe you’ve felt it too—that tug away from the moment right in front of us. We are seldom fully here—in this place, in this time, with this breath.

We are pulled in so many directions, with our minds always racing ahead, or circling back, or drifting to the thousand small obligations pressing for attention.

We are seldom fully here—in this place, in this moment.

Life presses hard.

There are deadlines and demands, the weight of responsibilities, the voices that call for our care.

Even when we long for peace, our hearts beat to the rhythm of “hurry.” And when a rare silence comes, we hardly know what to do with it.

To sit still, to do nothing, unsettles us more than it calms us.

The pace of life leaves little room for pause.

The clock is always ticking, someone always waiting, something always undone.

Even when silence finds us, it can feel unbearable.

To sit still, to do nothing, unsettles us more than it soothes.

And yet, stillness is not a luxury. Stillness is vital to the soul.

The Illusion of Control

Our culture has convinced us that busyness is proof of worth.

The more frantic the schedule, the more valuable the life.

But this is a fragile illusion.

Control is always partial, always temporary. We cannot manage peace. We cannot force God’s presence into our timetables.

And so we fill the quiet. We check one more message, add one more errand, carry one more responsibility.

But in the beginning, when we dare to be still, we hear the noise inside ourselves.

The self-criticism. The endless rehearsals of what we should have done, said, or been. It is only as we stay that something deeper begins to stir.

Connecting to The Sacred Within

In time, silence softens us.

The outward noise grows quiet, and we become still within.

Slowly, we begin to recognize the presence that has been with us all along. The light that has never gone out.

This light is not extinguished, though often it feels bound—hidden beneath layers of fatigue, distraction, and striving. But it waits to be set free.

The Sacred is not found by escaping life for a few holy hours, or by searching some distant spiritual realm.

The Sacred is discovered in the thick of daily life—in the depth of the present moment, if only we dare to enter it attentively. God is closer than our own breath.

The Courage to Stop

Stopping, however, takes courage.

The world demands movement.

The dishes wait. The phone buzzes.

Someone needs something.

Our bodies ache for rest, yet our spirits keep pushing.

Stillness feels wasteful, even dangerous, as though the world might unravel if we do not hold it together.

Regular pauses, shaped into ritual, are like quiet anchors in our lives.

The more we return to them, the more natural they become, and their benefits deepen with time.

These small rituals carry a cumulative effect—not only calming the outer space around us but also creating order and steadiness within.

Over the years, they form a continuity that builds a sacred space in the heart. From that space of stillness, strength flows, and life itself feels more balanced, centered, and whole.

Performing simple ritual pauses on a regular basis becomes its own form of meditation, and like all meditation, the more it is practiced the more natural and beneficial it becomes.

Over time there is a cumulative effect—a quiet ordering not only of the space in which the pause takes place, but of the spirit within us.

Such pauses shape the atmosphere, creating continuity that builds a sacred space in the heart.

From this place of stillness, we find ourselves calmer, more centered, and more able to move through the world with harmony and strength.

But it is in stopping that life begins to unfold again. Even a pause at the kitchen sink, three breaths before answering the phone, or a single candle lit at dawn can open a doorway to the holy.

The deepest things we need are not elsewhere. They are here, now, in the circle of our own souls.

The Gift of Silence

Perception shapes reality. And when we learn to see differently, we live differently.

This is why silence matters. In a culture that idolizes speed and volume, silence has become one of its great casualties.

But Meister Eckhart reminds us: there is nothing in the world that resembles God so much as silence.

Silence is not absence; it is presence. Not emptiness; but fullness. In silence, we learn to listen—to the music beneath the noise, to the Spirit breathing within us, to the sacred song that has been waiting all along.

So make space for silence, even if only in small fragments.

Allow it to work within you. At first it may feel unruly, even uncomfortable.

But stay. Wait. Listen.

Over time, silence will teach you to hear again. And what you will hear is not something foreign or distant. It is the song of your own spirit.

It is the light that was never lost. It is the treasure that was always here.

As we close our Still Point 12:10 moment my friends, take one more breath… breathing in peace, and breathing out gratitude.

Carry this Still Point with you into whatever the rest of your day brings.

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Until we meet again, may you walk slowly, listen deeply, speak gently, and receive the world with an open heart and a smile! Many blessings!