You Are Allowed to Be Quiet

You don’t have to speak.
You don’t have to explain.
You don’t have to narrate your every becoming.

You are allowed to be quiet.

Not withdrawn.
Not hiding.
Just quiet.

Still.
Listening.
Present.

The world moves fast.
Loud wins.
Noise fills every crack.

But your soul is under no obligation to compete.

There is wisdom in silence.
There is healing in the hush.
There is a kind of truth that only comes
when you stop trying to say something meaningful.

Let the quiet speak.

You don’t owe the world a constant stream of clarity.
You don’t need to update anyone on your process.
You don’t have to keep proving you’re okay.

You are allowed to be quiet.

To sit in your own softness.
To return to your breath.
To rest in what is unspoken.

Some healing doesn’t have words.
Some peace comes only
after the noise surrenders.

You can leave the phone unanswered.
You can let the message wait.
You can walk through the day
without saying much at all.

And still be whole.
And still be awake.
And still be deeply, fully alive.

There is no performance in presence.
No spotlight in the Dharma.

Only this:
the quiet you carry
when you finally give yourself permission
to not fill the space.

You are allowed to be quiet.
And still be seen.
And still be enough.