Before a retreat, the
retreaters were chatting about how many retreats they had been on, where they
had been, and how much they knew. They were also drinking tea while they went
on with pointless socializing when one woman noticed a man sitting silently
looking out of a window. The woman went over to the man and said “You’re so
quiet! Why don’t you join us?” The man smiled and said “I’m sorry. When I have
something to say, I say it. Right now, the raindrops and thunder are speaking
to me and I an intent on listening to them.”
