There is another kind of cognitive dissonance. It happens when I come face to face with uncomfortable limits. Limits of time, money, energy. It was easier when I had the resources and the energy to say yes to everything. Now, the choices are often between two good things. This is when time in silence becomes critically important. Otherwise, I listen to and respond to all sorts of voices and miss the one that is most important. The one whose first language is silence.
