Monday, April 07, 2008

"Silence is Golden"

It was waiting for a long time. Of all days, today it was let free but suddenly was pulled back and made to wait. Wait for a real long time. It was feeling Sick, tired and bored of the wait. It really wanted to come out and reach its destination. First it was the meditation hall, then a long speech, the a temple, all these factors contributed to the delay. Finally it was the car. It wanted to come out but again a strange but strong retaliation forced it back..
The wait continued...
If you were wondering what "IT" reffered to.. its THOUGHTS. How would it feel to suppress a person who is active in thoughts ( though i woundnt use the term THOUGHTFUL here) and equally active with spoken words. Wait, if you didnt understand my previous sentence, i was just wondering how tough it would be for a TALKATIVE person to bundle up thoughts and all those spoken/unspoken words.

I find the term TALKATIVE derogatory in the first place. Might be Silence saves us from all those avoidable conflicts and misunderstandings.. but that doesnt mean that all so called SILENT people are saintly.

Silence has to be followed under certain circumstaces, agreed, but people who hail silence as virtue really intrigue me. No fault of theirs, and not fault of mine too... They have their right to remain silent and I have my right to take a stand on their silence. A talkative person knows what a great deal of mental and verbal control ( rudely put, Numbness) yeilds a silent person. Maybe being Silent shields the individual from avoidable problems, tussles and misunderstanding. With the elementary ground rule, "Words once said cannot be taken back" prevailing, Silence is surely a winner of the race.. but is it really worth keeping thoughts to yourself and wondering if it would be right to talk.
Might be Timing is the key... As they say in Tamizh, EDAM PORUL AEVAL are the important aspects here too ...
Well.. this is a talkative post, agreed.. but blogs are not for adhering SILENCE obdiently, or is it ?

7 comments:

aditya said...

kaatrin perisaiyil,
mazhai paadum paadangalum,
oru maunam poal inbam tarumooOO

koadi keertanamum,
kavi koartha vaarthaiygalum,
thuLi kaNNer poal arththam tharumo

Naan vaer enna sonnalum adhu artham illamal poividum!

pushkalAn& pattabhiraman said...

Waah UStaad Waaah

Anonymous said...

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:)

aditya said...

@Pushkala
I wish those words were mine, they are from 'Vellai Pookal', Kannathil Muthamittal!

ATT said...

Talking a lot sometimes leaves a good expression as well as excess talking of some topic may 'label' us something by people who hear us often...

People who are silent usually convey their thoughts with their eyes/expressions :) and not necessarily words... or to say 'lots of words'

Silence is the greatest virtue, and I recommend practicing it... it has helped me a lot... and those who know me well (relatives and friends)... understand my expressions better than words :)

pushkalAn& pattabhiraman said...

RamSu...
This is for u.. Numb Silence ...

Grr

Pushkala.. Catch me in gtalk we will talk !

Sorry for the typos and Grammo errors.. real hasty post it was!

Sushant said...

Great post..People call me talkative too but I found it hard to control communicating my take on a certain issue being discussed. People say I must be a good listener..I am trying hopefully I can be a good listener too.