being quiet

June 13, 2008

i think as some has said silence IS golden. i have never been the life of

the party...but i can be a very good listener, a best friend, the person

everyone wants to turn to for understanding and compassion. i love a good

time i can laugh and let my hair down with the best of them once i get to

know people, i'm just not the center of attention.

linda, when you mentioned just being in a quiet mood...i resonated with it.

since my husband and i split up i have spent many hours alone and i love it!

i am growing, thinking, feeling, breathing, reflecting in a way i never had

a chance to in all my life and loving it! i still have some uneasiness about

what the future holds for me but most of the time i can just go with

it....know its good.

interesting tidbit...they built a new jc penney's store here on our mall

right after the my split with hubby. i filled out an app and got hired. i

have worked there since before they opened, helped put the store together...

not my dream job...but it is part of my process to the next part of my life.

but its been good. i know everyone there. very friendly atmosphere. a new

guy gets hired in our dept. a couple weeks ago. he knows he's important

because they need a man in the department for the heavy lifting ect. he's

been brown nosing big time, but i'm one of those people who just don't care.

i go with the flow. i am very friendly with the people i know and the

customers. i have not had a nasty customer since we opened march 1 th

(that's a feat). i just do my job and well if i might add. lol any way all

this to say he's a talk way guy. i haven't been around him a lot till the

last couple days. spent just enough time with him to know he's a brown

noser, doesn't do any thing around the department except the heavy lifting

and hang out at the registers which isn't our main job but he is getting to

know and entertain the girls at the register. he and i were walking with one

of the supervisors for the catalog dept (register people) and he says the

supervisor (talking about me) she's so quiet...she needs to talk more...

being quiet is so lame and boring. i though did he really say that. what a

unenlightened something to say. brown noser...quick to cut someone down with

out even knowing them. i am sure it wont take long for him to be seen

through but they need him so life goes on....but i would not like to be him.

i like my quiet self and so do a lot of other people. i wonder how long it

will take for everyone to dislike him. i already know of a few.

i love friends and family but i love the time to know myself more....and god

has been kind enough to give me that and i am thankful.

debby

June 13, 2008

Hi Debby, I used to be an employee of J.C.Penneys and loved working

there. I am also more the quite listener type. I am not usually this

bad about not wanting to be socialble. My daughter and her husband

brought my grandson over for the weekend this afternoon and they just

now left. I forced myself to talk with them and all, but I was just

wanting them to go home the whole time.

I am beginning to think I made the wrong decision about taking part

in this Shaktipat. Right now I feel too sick to do any practice, much

less exquisite practice. I am not even wanting to get on the computer

that much and that is totally not like me. The noise all around me is

horrible. I can't stand the noise.

Linda

, " Debby W "

<dwilliams25 wrote:

>

> i think as some has said silence IS golden. i have never been the

life of

> the party...but i can be a very good listener, a best friend, the

person

> everyone wants to turn to for understanding and compassion. i love

a good

> time i can laugh and let my hair down with the best of them once i

get to

> know people, i'm just not the center of attention.

>

> linda, when you mentioned just being in a quiet mood...i resonated

with it.

> since my husband and i split up i have spent many hours alone and i

love it!

> i am growing, thinking, feeling, breathing, reflecting in a way i

never had

> a chance to in all my life and loving it! i still have some

uneasiness about

> what the future holds for me but most of the time i can just go

with

> it....know its good.

>

> interesting tidbit...they built a new jc penney's store here on our

mall

> right after the my split with hubby. i filled out an app and got

hired. i

> have worked there since before they opened, helped put the store

together...

> not my dream job...but it is part of my process to the next part of

my life.

> but its been good. i know everyone there. very friendly atmosphere.

a new

> guy gets hired in our dept. a couple weeks ago. he knows he's

important

> because they need a man in the department for the heavy lifting

ect. he's

> been brown nosing big time, but i'm one of those people who just

don't care.

> i go with the flow. i am very friendly with the people i know and

the

> customers. i have not had a nasty customer since we opened march 1

th

> (that's a feat). i just do my job and well if i might add. lol any

way all

> this to say he's a talk way guy. i haven't been around him a lot

till the

> last couple days. spent just enough time with him to know he's a

brown

> noser, doesn't do any thing around the department except the heavy

lifting

> and hang out at the registers which isn't our main job but he is

getting to

> know and entertain the girls at the register. he and i were walking

with one

> of the supervisors for the catalog dept (register people) and he

says the

> supervisor (talking about me) she's so quiet...she needs to talk

more...

> being quiet is so lame and boring. i though did he really say that.

what a

> unenlightened something to say. brown noser...quick to cut someone

down with

> out even knowing them. i am sure it wont take long for him to be

seen

> through but they need him so life goes on....but i would not like

to be him.

> i like my quiet self and so do a lot of other people. i wonder how

long it

> will take for everyone to dislike him. i already know of a few.

>

> i love friends and family but i love the time to know myself

more....and god

> has been kind enough to give me that and i am thankful.

>

> debby

>

June 14, 2008

Hi Linda, I've been like that for about 25 years. Chuckle, my wife will

chatter on sometimes and then wait for me to join in and when I don't she

says " well aren't you going to say something " , and she's heard it a lot

of times from me, I say, " silence isn't something that needs to be

filled. "

Seriously, there is is an inner central core of silence within us all,

once you realize that it is there, you can access it when you need it. We

all carry silence within us. Think of it as you're very own cone of

silence.

I have a problem around large groupings of mankind. I avoid cities like

the plague. The noise just eats at me. When I am truly silent I can hear

the sound of god breathing.

Peace & Joy

Don

> Hi Debby, I used to be an employee of J.C.Penneys and loved working

> there. I am also more the quite listener type. I am not usually this

> bad about not wanting to be socialble. My daughter and her husband

> brought my grandson over for the weekend this afternoon and they just

> now left. I forced myself to talk with them and all, but I was just

> wanting them to go home the whole time.

>

> I am beginning to think I made the wrong decision about taking part

> in this Shaktipat. Right now I feel too sick to do any practice, much

> less exquisite practice. I am not even wanting to get on the computer

> that much and that is totally not like me. The noise all around me is

> horrible. I can't stand the noise.

>

> Linda

>

> , " Debby W "

> <dwilliams25 wrote:

>>

>> i think as some has said silence IS golden. i have never been the

> life of

>> the party...but i can be a very good listener, a best friend, the

> person

>> everyone wants to turn to for understanding and compassion. i love

> a good

>> time i can laugh and let my hair down with the best of them once i

> get to

>> know people, i'm just not the center of attention.

>>

>> linda, when you mentioned just being in a quiet mood...i resonated

> with it.

>> since my husband and i split up i have spent many hours alone and i

> love it!

>> i am growing, thinking, feeling, breathing, reflecting in a way i

> never had

>> a chance to in all my life and loving it! i still have some

> uneasiness about

>> what the future holds for me but most of the time i can just go

> with

>> it....know its good.

>>

>> interesting tidbit...they built a new jc penney's store here on our

> mall

>> right after the my split with hubby. i filled out an app and got

> hired. i

>> have worked there since before they opened, helped put the store

> together...

>> not my dream job...but it is part of my process to the next part of

> my life.

>> but its been good. i know everyone there. very friendly atmosphere.

> a new

>> guy gets hired in our dept. a couple weeks ago. he knows he's

> important

>> because they need a man in the department for the heavy lifting

> ect. he's

>> been brown nosing big time, but i'm one of those people who just

> don't care.

>> i go with the flow. i am very friendly with the people i know and

> the

>> customers. i have not had a nasty customer since we opened march 1

> th

>> (that's a feat). i just do my job and well if i might add. lol any

> way all

>> this to say he's a talk way guy. i haven't been around him a lot

> till the

>> last couple days. spent just enough time with him to know he's a

> brown

>> noser, doesn't do any thing around the department except the heavy

> lifting

>> and hang out at the registers which isn't our main job but he is

> getting to

>> know and entertain the girls at the register. he and i were walking

> with one

>> of the supervisors for the catalog dept (register people) and he

> says the

>> supervisor (talking about me) she's so quiet...she needs to talk

> more...

>> being quiet is so lame and boring. i though did he really say that.

> what a

>> unenlightened something to say. brown noser...quick to cut someone

> down with

>> out even knowing them. i am sure it wont take long for him to be

> seen

>> through but they need him so life goes on....but i would not like

> to be him.

>> i like my quiet self and so do a lot of other people. i wonder how

> long it

>> will take for everyone to dislike him. i already know of a few.

>>

>> i love friends and family but i love the time to know myself

> more....and god

>> has been kind enough to give me that and i am thankful.

>>

>> debby

>>

>

> ---

>

June 14, 2008

Hi Debby,

& nbsp;

I completely can understand where you are coming from. & nbsp; I manage a very

large team at my office and I have so many different personalities to deal

with. & nbsp; Usually this type of individual is truly just insecure with himself,

and needs help. & nbsp; & nbsp; I will pray for this person,and hope he will see the

light. & nbsp; You sound like a very hard and loyal worker, that anyone would be

blessed to have as an employee. & nbsp; I know I WOULD love to have about 10 of

you.

& nbsp;

God Bless

& nbsp;

Sharon

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being quiet

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