We’ve gotten really good being intentional about what we turn on in the background.
Whether it’s a podcast or music or tv. We often put it on simply to keep us company…as an accessory rather than the principal.
We’re not focused on it but we turned it on on purpose. And that intentional act, to get to choose the noise that fills our air, makes us feel good. The noise is ours.
Because the silence might be too much. Too open ended. Out of control. Threatening. Anything or any voice (in our heads) could come and fill it at any moment. Silence is terrifying.
But we easily conquer the silence by hitting another app. So until we actually embrace the silence and deal with what’s there and let it accompany us throughout life, we’ll always need another podcast (or some other noise) to make us feel like we’re still in control.
We see the silence. It’s scary. We fill it. The fear subsides. We feel in control.
And the truly scary part is, there’s always another podcast and more noise if that’s what we want.
