One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences.

"Silence is the sister of the Divine. One of the tasks of true friendship is to listen compassionately and creatively to the hidden silences. Often secrets are not revealed in words; they lie concealed in the silence between the words or in the depth of what is unsayable between two people. In modern life there is an immense rush to expression. But sometimes the quality of what is expressed is superficial and immensely repetitive . . .

"The perspective of solitude and silence purifies and intensifies the encounter of two people in the anam cara [soul-friend] experience."

John O'Donohue
"Anam Cara"

Photos: Blue ice on Lake Haiyaha, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, March 16, 2015