Silent Night

Lie down and look up at the ceiling. Turn off the lights and just stare. What do you see? Look closely. Then listen. Open up your ears and listen. (this works best at 1:00 a.m when the rest of the world is mostly asleep)

The empty screen, the low hum of the world, the silence all brings you to bear. Your thoughts and feelings all revealed and unveiled.

How many among us do find ourselves pondering on our fate and current state during the moments before we lay ourselves to rest?

There are those among us who cry before falling asleep. Tears of sorrow, loss and pain never fails to invade our eyes and heart when we're all alone.

There are also those who smile as the lay themselves down to rest. A million smiles and thoughts of love could surround them, chasing away the clammy claws of the night and wrapping them in a blanket of soft warmness like no other.

When darkness is all that is around, and the coolness of the night is the only thing that caresses your soul, that is when your feelings shine out. When you're all alone.

Painful thoughts, flashbacks, visions of the future and dreams. Deep thoughts emerging from the subconscious that we tend to bury in the brightness of sunlight.

Meditation accompanied by the ebony silence of the night brings out retrospective thoughts and a moment of self-reflection. It is the only time when our true feelings can flush themselves out.

During the silent night.