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Silence: Making the Journey to Inner Quiet

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The exploration of silence growing into awareness. A thoughtful journey, but it gets lost in the sensual poetic prose of the author in the last half which makes one wonder if it was part of an editorial push to pad out an otherwise beautiful but 'thin' story.

Ms. Taylor has shared more than her views on silence with readers; she has shared her LIFE. She is a courageous woman with wit and talent and sensitivity, and I can't wait to read her next work.

Ms. Taylor would have us believe that she did not have a choice in anything that happened to her in her life. That she did not CHOOSE to adopt children. That she did not CHOOSE to expose herself to being a mother. In fact, she begs the reader to pity her for having all of this thrust upon her. I personally, find this highly offensive. As we all know, the refusal to decide means that you have still made a choice. To two children, she was the only mother they knew. To run from this, and beg pity for having to endure this, is pure cowardice. Let's not even go into exploiting this to make money.

This book is both peaceful and disturbing, for it opens both facets of one's self to be able to view and honor the depth of beauty that is within each of us. Ms Taylor uses words that leave you knowing that her struggles were deep and yet her search for inner joy equally compelling. Her building of the wall for her home brings one's knowledge of their own inner wisdom to the fore front- an accomplishment few of us have had an opportunity to experience. It is a poignant piece of autobiographical material that left me clear that silence is an unrated treasure! This is a book for any business person grappling with which task to do next......