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Kim K Gray's avatar

Yes, love this. The time to let things percolate. The time to hear God’s whispers. Love the wisdom found in the pains of life. Also, I adore my minivan. It’s a 2008 and has 115k miles but it’s still going strong and I just don’t know what I’ll do when it’s time for a new car.

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Post '22 | Michele Arndt's avatar

Well Crisanne, you've done it again! And you've brought me back to the dying minivan days. We had a minivan that died roadside while I drove our kids to school about 12 years ago (they are now 24 and 21). As for resisting technology that "begs us to engage it" - I fasted from social media for Lent and after being an AVID daily poster/engager for 16 years, have yet to go back. I've opened it a few times in recent weeks, but no posts or comments.

I nod in ready agreement with some of the discoveries you have made in your experiment of chosen silence. I am reflecting more slowly rather than ingesting voraciously. I am more focused. Less agitated. And certainly wasting a LOT less time. High fives to you and your new minivan, and "the sound of Silence" I think Simon and Garfunkel would dig it ;-)

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