Morning light for the week beginning 07/04/2025 “Silence is essential. We need silence, just as much as we need air, just as much as plants need light. If our minds are crowded with words and thoughts, there is no space for us.”-Thich Nhat HahnThich Nhat Hahn was a Vietnamese Buddhist monk who devoted his life to peace. In many traditions, silence is an important part of worship, and an effective way of grounding people and creating community. At difficult times like these we all benefit from feeling we belong to a community. Might there be an opportunity in your day to enjoy a short silence? Perhaps you could share it with someone else, perhaps even use a minute's silence at the start of a meeting to bring people together calmly? La Belle Captive Rene Magritte. Lithograph. University of Edinburgh Art Collection | collections.ed.ac.uk/art/record/19973 This article was published on 2025-04-07
