We all need our own quiet place. Actually this is a physical place, a place where you can go to be by yourself and regroup, refresh, reflect or do whatever you need to do for yourself to catch your breath in order to continue. It can be a time for long-term planning and/or decision making or it can be a time and place to do nothing.You may not ‘visit’ your quiet place daily, though I would recommend doing so, but you need to visit it at least weekly.
Every person’s quiet place looks slightly different dependent upon the personality and preferences of the person. The size and content of the place also differs individually – your quiet place has to be ‘inhabited’ with those things that foster your preferences because your quiet place has to be your place of comfort as well. As you can see, a quiet place is a refuge from all that is occurring, a place of peace.
Why the quiet place is necessary is also so that you can gain perspective. Sometimes we get so immersed in our life that we are in danger of not living our life. We become involved in the process, in the mechanics without giving thought to the process and learnings of what we are experiencing. Though it may sound egocentric, but it’s important that we be the star of our own lives – second banana is really not the most beneficial in this situation.
The length of time you spend in your quiet place will undoubtedly vary dependent upon the amount of time you have available in your ‘schedule’. Sometimes it isn’t so much the amount of time you have as much as it is how you use the time you have. While having some quiet time in your quiet place may sound selfish, it can be the most important act you can do. Doing something for yourself may be the best way of doing for others.
