dailydatewithgod

It is funny on some level that a description of a behavior is contained within the sound of the word as we make it.  It is one of the marvels of the English language in the same way much of our language uses body processes to describe situations and circumstances.  We talk about being punched in the gut when we are taken aback by an idea or action of someone.  We say we are starving for attention or that we hunger for something that is emotional.  Shushing is something done often to admonish someone or what we see adults due to kids when they are loud in a situation calling for quiet.  It can also be used as a comforting expression to calm when we are ramped up emotionally.  I can hear God shush reassuringly when I am upset or in pain and beginning to make up stories about why it is happening.  God teaches me to tell my mind to shush when it begins to quickly conjure up reasons for something.  When those reasons will only lead me down a path of stress and pain my mind needs to be shushed so as not to create more chaos and suffering.  It is not done in an admonishing fashion but more of a there, there, it is going to be okay.  I know you want to try to make sense of this but before we do, let’s quiet down and listen in to what our heart is telling us.  Shushing is a way to pause and let our hearts speak to us before our minds run away with the latest story.  The story coincidentally is usually a slightly different version of the previous story it created causing me to feel bad about myself.