Webster’s dictionary defines the word silent as “making no sound; quiet; still; refraining from speech; speechless; mute; not inclined to speak; taciturn; reticent; characterized by absence of speech or sound: a silent prayer; unspoken; tacit: a silent assent.” The entomology of the word silent is from the Latin silent, stem of silēns, and present participle of silēre.

Why am I writing about the word silent, especially after several months of not posting to my blog?  The answers are complicated and not for today’s reflection.  But rather I am pondering and wondering if others feel as I do about the word silent.  For me being silent has been a form of communication, quietness has a language of its own filling the deafening spaces in a person and the world.