I share this post with you as an encouragement. I recently went on a 24 hour silent retreat. I so enjoyed the peace and quiet, the communion with God, the mental solace, the embrace of nature. I returned to my normal life determined to cart some of the experience home with me. Here is my first journal entry from the next morning after my return. "I begin a day away … [Read more...] about My First Journal Entry after a Silent Retreat