A reflection from The Listening Post
We live in a world that rewards quick answers — instant replies, instant opinions, instant clarity. But sometimes the best thing you can do for your mind and heart is not to answer right away.
Sometimes, the wisest thing you can do is sit with a question.
When Questions Do the Healing
There are moments when a question lands and you know it’s meant to stay awhile.
Questions like:
- “What am I really longing for?”
- “What am I afraid to admit to myself?”
- “What would feel kind right now?”
These aren’t questions you can rush through. They’re invitations — quiet doorways that lead you deeper into truth. The answers don’t arrive all at once. They rise slowly, in their own time, when you’re ready to hear them.
Why We Avoid Stillness
It’s easy to stay in motion. Busyness feels productive. Distraction feels safe. Sitting with a question, on the other hand, feels like stepping into silence — and silence can be uncomfortable.
But silence is where understanding lives. When you resist the urge to fill every pause with sound or certainty, you give space for something wiser to surface.
How to Sit With a Question
You don’t have to make it formal. You can carry a question with you the way you carry a thought through the day. Write it down. Whisper it before sleep. Let it keep you company, like a quiet friend who doesn’t need to speak.
When the mind rushes to fix or figure out, pause and remind yourself: I don’t need to know right now.
Then notice what happens — not just in your thoughts, but in your body. Often, clarity begins there first: a loosening of tension, a small sense of relief, a deeper breath.
Living the Question
You don’t sit with a question to get an answer. You sit with it to live closer to truth — to discover what feels real and what doesn’t.
Rainer Maria Rilke once wrote, “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart, and try to love the questions themselves.”
That’s what The Listening Post is for — to help you pause long enough to love your own questions, and to listen for the quiet wisdom waiting underneath.
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The Listening Post
A quiet place to be heard — and to hear yourself.
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