Silence

      There is so much more to silence that most people don't realize or appreciate; it's beautiful really. Before I got my driver's license, my dad used to drive me to my softball tournaments everyyy weekend. We'd drive for hours sometimes, without saying a word to each other, just listening to the radio. We'd listen to what i want for a while, and then what he'd want, since our taste in music is completely different. Sometimes we'd just drive in silence, and it was awesome. There's something powerful, i guess, about sharing a space with someone without needing to talk, with being completely content with just each others' presence. You don't need to communicate to connect, there's just an energy that you both feel, so you're on the same page, even though you're both lost in completely separate thoughts. It's hard to explain  it, and there aren't many people that I find I can do this with. My dad and my brother, and at times, my best friend Erica. Anyways, people need to cut down on the small talk. Stop trying to force some kind of bond, and just feeeel it.