return to erimos
and so, after a couple of days away, visiting an elderly relative, I am now back home. It isn't that it was noisy there but a steady flow of visitors as it was a birthday meant constant conversation. It's always good to return home though, and means yet another gradual effort to return to the silence I want and need for prayer. I'm not by nature someone who can sit or stand still and always look for distractions so it can be quite an effort getting back in the habit of stillness, especially when the 'pattern' has been broken.
I did manage an hour or more of silent Jesus prayer on the train on the way home though which is a healthy start. Now that I am unpacked though, i think the best way to start this new journey back to silence is with a nice mug of hot Yorkshire tea ...
more soon
