{"id":964,"date":"2025-03-30T13:39:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T17:39:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/?p=964"},"modified":"2025-03-30T13:39:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T17:39:50","slug":"being-still","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/2025\/03\/being-still\/","title":{"rendered":"Being Still"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/thriving\/files\/2025\/03\/being-still.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-965\" style=\"width:371px;height:auto\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I\u2019ve been struggling all week thinking about what to write for today\u2019s blog post. Sometimes I have more ideas than I know what to do with, and sometimes nothing comes. Zilch. Nada. My brain feels empty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When that happens I usually get filled with anxiety. I feel restless and twitchy, like I just have to DO something but I don\u2019t know what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I\u2019m trying something different. I\u2019m trying to be ok with not having ideas and having a quiet mind. I\u2019m trying to be still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As I\u2019ve been thinking about this, about trying to be ok with quiet instead of rushing, an old story has popped into my head. It\u2019s from the Old Testament, and it\u2019s about the prophet Elijah. In the story God tells Elijah to go stand on a mountain and the presence of the Lord will come to him. Elijah goes to the mountain and a powerful wind tears the mountain apart and shatters the rocks, but God isn&#8217;t in the wind. Then there is an earthquake, and after that a huge fire, but God isn\u2019t in the earthquake or the fire. Finally, Elijah hears a gentle whisper\u2026and <em>that<\/em> is the presence of God.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, in telling this story I\u2019m sharing what I think is a really good lesson, not promoting any particular belief system.\u00a0 What I am trying to say is that sometimes I think we are all too busy with the big tasks, the big events, the big worries\u2014the earthquakes and fires and winds.\u00a0 We forget to listen for the whispers. When we are quiet and listen to what\u2019s inside us\u2014even just for a few minutes\u2014we hear things we need to know.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps it&#8217;s time to practice being still for a little while each day and listening for the whispers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes the wisdom is in the whispers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And don\u2019t we all need as much wisdom as possible in order to be thriving?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019ve been struggling all week thinking about what to write for today\u2019s blog post. Sometimes I have more ideas than I know what to do with, and sometimes nothing comes. Zilch. Nada. My brain feels empty. When that happens I usually get filled with anxiety. 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