Guest guest Posted August 18, 2003 Report Share Posted August 18, 2003 8/16/03 "Scary Thoughts" It was quite late and I was wondering why Ananda was still lying in bed awake. "I can't sleep, Mommy. I'm having scawy thoughts about dinosauws." "Oh," I said. She continued, "I know they awen't weal but I'm still having them anyway." "Well, you know, honey," I began, "when there're thoughts, there's always the silence too. Would you rather get scared by the thoughts or would you rather enjoy the silence?" She assured me that she would like the silence much better and then after a moment she said, "But Mommy, the thoughts keep on coming back and innewupting!" "Yeah," I chuckled, "I know how that is. But, know what?" "What?" she asked. "Whenever it's between the thoughts and the silence, the silence *always* wins." "Oh," she said, and as I held her it was indeed silent for a long time after that. Eventually I kissed her on her sweet brow and we whispered goodnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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