Sometimes there's a different way of communication than talking out loud. Sometimes, you just need to be still. As an introvert I try to break out of my comfort zone by talking a lot and a lot when I don't know what to say. But I'm not good at it.
Especially going on a mission trip I felt I needed to get out of my comfort zone, when I met most of my team members and my team leaders for the first time. I didn't know what to say all the time. But somehow I didn't need to talk, words weren't the main thing. We may not have all talked constantly but we connected. I learned that sometimes it's okay to be quiet. On the way home from the children's cancer ward, we were all struggling, a bunch of stuff was happening, with stress and helplessness and sadness... A lot of craziness had happened and we were finally sitting down in shock about it. I softly creaked about one sentence; no one answered, it didn't matter. That van shook and bounced and drove, us all inside just sitting there. And for the rest of the ride we sat there in unmovable, understood silence, like a sad song only we could hear. Through it all, it was a bonding time for us, even though it could not have been said out loud. Maybe it was better that way. In Honduras I learned to be still, to be quiet, because when you're not talking it's easier to hear. A comfortable silence was there. Our team was like a family. It was basically. Only no one ever said in the moment, because just then no words could express it. And no words were needed.
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about the authorAs a 21 year old aspiring teacher, Karissa loves to write, travel, play piano, and read. Many creative things have her heart. archives
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