dailydatewithgod

It seems that the process of maturing into adulthood requires one to find their voice.  Whether it was implied or there were explicit experiences, most children learn quickly that there are limits to their self-expression.  Early on we gather information by watching adults about what it is okay to speak up about and what is not.  It is how we learn to function in our family and society.  There is no right or wrong to this, it makes sense that there are structures and acceptable ways of behaving to belong. On one hand, this means we participate in tacit approval.  On the other hand, it means there are likely tacit elements of who we are which are not voiced or expressed.  God invites us to listen in to the tacit and discover a part of ourselves.  Perhaps we took the need to be silent and slapped on the meaning that what we had within us to express was wrong or bad.  Perhaps we took the tacit agreement to drive ourselves by the need to continually seek the approval of others and thus sacrificed part of ourselves.  Perhaps because of the tacit agreement, we convinced ourselves we did not actually think and feel the way we did.  Whatever form it took, it is not too late to invite those elements to come forward.  They may not need to be expressed to the outside world, but our hearts long to hear the tacit come to life through the recognition of its role in the whole of who we are.  The tacit if given voice in our hearts to ourselves means it no longer has to fester in the shadows. Making peace with what has been tacit is part of the process of maturing.  Maturing from someone who simply follows the rules of society and family and someone who knows through the whole of who they which tacit agreements of society and family are in alignment with them and can be expressed with integrity.