Exciting news everyone. It’s just after 4:30pm and I’ve not had a single WhatsApp message or reaction so far today.
All groups quiet on the western front, the eastern front, and every other front then - no nonsense in the family chat, no pings or stickers in any of the church chats, no personal messages, nothing.
It’s kind of glorious.
I can’t remember a day like it! I mean even on Sabbath days, though I’m not there to see it, my phone gets stacked up with messages waiting for me on Sunday morning. Sometimes it’s triple figures! But this is different. Nobody has said a thing since about 9pm yesterday.
Will it last the whole day? I have to say I am doubtful. But as the sky turns from grey to black and the street lamps pop on, it seems more possible at least.
Perhaps the most interesting thing is that I’m tempted to stir the still water. What is it about us that we feel the need to poke a stick in a millpond to watch the ripples? But if I did message someone now, it would just pollute the stillness, wouldn’t it? If someone replied, I might never have known how long this day might last. No, I must resist.
There’s something beautiful about the silence.
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