Silence

We tend to think of silence as something negative. It´s not. Actually, Euripides said: "Either say something better than silence or be silent". So, we better be silent when all we want is to hear our voice; when we have nothing important to say; when we have nothing interesting to say; when we are going to repeat ourselves; when we know in advance we are going to regret having spoken.

But there is more to it.

We better be silent when speaking becomes a condition; when we are encouraged to speak by the just curious; when speaking simply leaves us exposed.

Silence is a shelter. And it comes with a price. That´s the hard part.