{"id":1433,"date":"2020-03-28T11:18:40","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=1433"},"modified":"2020-03-28T11:18:40","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:18:40","slug":"i-have-been-silent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/i-have-been-silent\/","title":{"rendered":"I Have Been Silent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quotation-Francis-Bacon-Silence-is-the-sleep-that-nourishes-wisdom-1-47-78.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1435\" src=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quotation-Francis-Bacon-Silence-is-the-sleep-that-nourishes-wisdom-1-47-78-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quotation-Francis-Bacon-Silence-is-the-sleep-that-nourishes-wisdom-1-47-78-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quotation-Francis-Bacon-Silence-is-the-sleep-that-nourishes-wisdom-1-47-78-600x338.jpg 600w, http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Quotation-Francis-Bacon-Silence-is-the-sleep-that-nourishes-wisdom-1-47-78.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 569px) 100vw, 569px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have been silent<br \/>\nbut not absent.<br \/>\nHesitant<br \/>\nwondering what wisdom<br \/>\nif any<br \/>\nI might share.<\/p>\n<p>I have been silent<br \/>\nbut not absent<br \/>\nfrom my fears<br \/>\nor my hopes<br \/>\nwanting to center<br \/>\nbefore sharing<\/p>\n<p>I have been silent<br \/>\nwanting to share my anxiety<br \/>\nwithout increasing<br \/>\nthe anxiety of others<\/p>\n<p>I have been silent<br \/>\neven in my prayers<br \/>\nbut not absent<br \/>\nfrom Godde<\/p>\n<p>Today I offer<br \/>\nmy care<br \/>\nmy concern<br \/>\nmy solidarity with those who suffer<br \/>\nwhether from the universal crisis<br \/>\nof this hour<br \/>\nor the challenges that life brings<br \/>\nthat would have happened<br \/>\nbefore.<br \/>\nThose who are ill<br \/>\nwhose relationships are broken<br \/>\nwho have lost work<br \/>\nwhose work takes them into danger<br \/>\nwho have found new love.<\/p>\n<p>I have been silent<br \/>\nbut present.<br \/>\nIn the quiet<br \/>\nI am listening<br \/>\nto our lives as we<br \/>\nmove into unknown territory.<\/p>\n<p>I will not be absent<br \/>\nto your heart<br \/>\nyour dreams<br \/>\nyour struggles.<\/p>\n<p>This is an invitation<br \/>\nto reach into my silence<br \/>\nnot for answers<br \/>\nbut for presence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been silent but not absent. Hesitant wondering what wisdom if any I might share. I have been silent but not absent from my fears or my hopes wanting to center before sharing I have been silent wanting to share my anxiety without increasing the anxiety of others I have been silent even in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/i-have-been-silent\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Have Been Silent<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40,13,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1436,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1433\/revisions\/1436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}