Let’s be honest. We all live a very distracted life. We are dealing with our thoughts being constantly inundated with information that seems to flow to us non-stop. Working for an IT company, it is built into my DNA. With all that comes in, it can become quite a challenge to detach from it all. If you are one of those like me who loves to know everything, here is your precautionary tale. You need quiet time, and here’s why …

By nature, I am a talker. I grew up with a Dad who spoke to his team and a mom speaking hours on the phone. And if you think that is bad, my brother was a news reporter. You would think I spent a lot of time talking over my siblings. Not at all. I was ‘the quiet one.’ That was probably the best thing for me because I learned a lot in those times. Being quiet is often an undervalued trait, but if you talk less, you hear more. And if you good at it, you often hear the quiet voices that share the most valuable lessons. That’s what today’s devotion is about. Simply being quiet …