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Listen to the Silence and Appreciate It
Our lives are filled with sounds. We are always surrounded with music, noises from the streets, sounds we make, etc.
For this reason we have all become unease with silence. We despise it, try to avoid it like the pest, and often end up filling it in whatever way possible to make it stop.
Why do we push it away so much though?
I believe the reason behind this is simply that it is a common habit we all have.
Habits can be great tools for improving ourselves but it can also be the cause of great troubles. Being an alcoholic is having a habit of drinking too regularly, smoking is a habit that can cause cancer, eating unhealthy food is a habit that can provoke many health-related problems.
In a similar way, not being comfortable with silence is a habit that causes troubles. Contrary to the above examples though, the impact it has on us is much more complicated to observe.
Why should we learn to be comfortable with it then?
There are 3 reasons which could change your life thanks to simply learning to be comfortable with it.
1) Self-Confidence
When you are alone, not hearing anything around us will always provoke the same action from us: dive into our thoughts.
