• Silence in its myriad of forms is a tool that you use everyday.
• If you talk so much you cannot hear yourself think let alone someone else, you may be afraid of silence.
• You may listen attentively when others speak; in which case you are engaging in active silence.
• You may become so overwhelmed with your unpleasant feelings that you create angry silence.

The elements of silence and the ways you think about silence are intertwined in your experience of and use of silence with yourself and others on a regular basis – whether you do so consciously or not.