Silence may be comfortable, and its sound may be soothing. But how many chances for reconciliation be thrown away when silence is chosen over communication? Being understood involves vulnerability. How can we seek to be understood without being vulnerable?

Seeing someone else successfully handle being vulnerable and achieve a positive outcome can make it easier for us to also embrace vulnerability. The Son of God became human and died for our sins out of love to restore our broken relationship with God. “Having disarmed the powers and authorities, [Jesus] made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.” Colossians 2: 15

Lyrics:
Hello darkness, my old friend
I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain
Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light
That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share
No one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"