For the good of everyone.

I wonder. If I talk and write too much. If I’d be better off. Taking an extended vow of silence. That may be doing a favor. For my friends and associates. For strangers, too. Come to think of it. For everyone. Why is it? That I have a need/compulsion to talk and write. Daily. Can’t remember when I last spent a full day. In total and absolute silence. If no one is around, I talk to myself. Or to my cat, Marcello. As a youngster, I tended to be timid. Silence came more easily. But gradually. I became more bold and effusive. I learned to talk. Then to write. And never stopped. I suspect. That I even talk in my sleep. Could be. That I have a motor in my mouth. I have a nickname. Big Mouth. In multiple languages. I flirt with the notion of becoming a monk. Entering a monastery. And taking a vow of silence. Don’t know if I could do it. But it may be worth a try. I suspect. That many of you. Would encourage me. To take such an awesome step. For the good of everyone. --Jim Broede