We sat together for two hours not saying a word as we drove from Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix to Dee Thai Resturant in Prescott, Arizona. We weren’t fighting. We didn’t listen to music. We thought maybe we’d catch a movie or go eat Indian food after we dropped my cousin off but nothing was playing at that time and the restaurant didn’t open for another two hours. We decided to drive toward home.
It was a lesson in patience and “Being.” I was uncomfortable at first and tried to make small talk. I asked if we could listen to something and Jesse said, “I’d rather it just be quiet.” I obliged. I only protested in my mind. I drove. He didn’t nap. We sat together in silence for two hours. It was the first time I’d done that in a long time. It felt good in my body to just do nothing but drive. My mind finally cleared and I felt reconnected to a larger sense of who I was, my purpose in life, and an over-all sense of well-being.
Who knew what two hours of sitting in silence would do to the soul. What if I tried this every day?
Lee told us, “In silence, and only in silence, will you know me.”