I got a lot of things that society had promised would make me whole and fulfilled - all the things that the culture tells you from preschool on will quiet the throbbing anxiety inside you - stature, the respect of colleagues, maybe even a kind of low-grade fame.
I'd like to learn to meditate with more enthusiasm. I can sit down and get quiet for 20 minutes, but it just has not been a part of my Christianity at all.
I spend most of my time alone, because I so value and thrive in the quiet. Heaven.
and you try to quiet your mind so you can hear...
Quiet, deep breath after any prayer is another form of Amen.