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Musing on the second day of Advent. Silence?… And Meg Ferrante’s cool Advent blog.

Here’s a link to great blog that Meg Ferrante is doing throughout the Advent season. Put it on your RSS feed.

 Finding Advent in the Ordinary. 

 I’ll share today’s post. Without Meg’s permision…but she’s cool. Don’t think she’ll sue me or anything. 

 Monday, November 29, 2010 

 If only a few moments a day… 

I wish upon all the gift of sacred silence.
— Fr. Tim Gallagher, St. Pius X Church, Conyers, Ga.
 
I read Fr. Gallagher’s word’s of wisdom. They made me try to find silence. Try to find peace.  

Lovely.

 Then I went to make a few cups of Dunkin Donut’s Hazelnut coffee. I splurge during the holidays.  

I couldn’t find the lid to the coffee crafe because I used the pot to pour water into the Christmas tree reservoir. All the water wouldn’t come out without removing the lid. 

No lid. No coffee. 

 I looked everywhere for the lid.  

No lid.   

I began to hyperventilate.  

My scalp started to do the creepy crawly thing it goes when I am so frustrated I am about to become unglued.  

There was no silence in my brain. Remember that commerical —  

This is your brain.

This is your brain on drugs… and the sizzling frying pan. 

 I had planned to swim. I was making coffee to take with me to the pool. As if you didn’t need anymore reason to think me unbalanced.  

 All I could fixate on was finding that infernal lid. 

 Till I thought of silence. I thought I don’t want to act like I’ve always done. I want to be free. 

 So I pulled myself out the door. 

 And silenced my brain at the pool.  

Happy Second day of Advent. 

  

 

           

           

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