Silence

 Being silent, keeping quiet! Are these good qualities? Depends on the sphere you belong to. If you are a very philosophical person, silence is your penance. Quietude is your crown. Often, the real fast can be keeping quiet. Philosophy and religion believe that silence energises you, quietude strengthens you, gives you the pure peace.

If you are a piece, however, who belongs to the hustle and bustle of the real world, may be, silence need not be a virtue. In fact, it could downright be a vice. In the real world, relations are often like the market. That is to say, only those who shout, scream, whistle, and do whatever is possible to attract attention, survive. 

Well, I am not so very sure about this claim. I think that even in the realistic world, words that are quiet matter. May  be, given  the real politik, not to forget politics,  everybody knows everybody. That is to say, people are constantly second-guessing each other and the underlying motives. In such a 'politics' of relationships, others 'know' everyone else better than (they) themselves. Hence the screams get sniggers!

Personally, I feel that it is better basically to be quiet, and if/when necessary to talk, the best is to 'speak', that is, begin and continue a conversation which is a give and take, a two way mode of talking, but also of active listening, of keeping quiet. What say?

Pratima@ Silence speaks volumes!