Kho^ng co' ca?nh ti~nh mi.ch na`o ma` kho^ng co' thinh la(.ng. Thinh la(.ng, ddo^i khi la` kho^ng no'i, nhu+ng luo^n luo^n la` nghe ngo'ng.

Mo^.t su+. thie^'u va('ng tie^'ng ddo^.ng nhu+ng kho^ng ke`m theo su+. cha(m chu' nghe lo+`i Thie^n Chu'a, se? kho^g co`n la` thinh la(.ng nu+~a.

Mo^.t nga`y ga^`n dda^y nhu+~ng tie^'ng ddo^.ng va` tie^'ng no'i, co' the^? la` mo^.t nga`y thinh la(.ng ne^'u tie^'ng ddo^.ng tro+? tha`nh tie^'ng vang la`m do^.i la.i su+. hie^.n die^.n cu?a Chu'a; ne^'u tie^'ng no'i la` nhu+~ng su+' ddie^.p va` nhu+~ng lo+`i ke^u mo+`i cu?a chu'a go+?i dde^'n cho ta.

Khi ta tu+. ddo^.ng no'i ve^` ta la` ta ra kho?i thinh la(.ng.

Khi ta la^.p la.i vo+'i mo^i mie^.ng ta, nhu+~ng ddie^`u ma` lo+`i Chu'a go+.i ta cho ta ta^.n dda'y lo`ng thi` ta va^~n giu+~ nguye^n thinh la(.ng.

Thinh La(.ng kho^ng thi'ch nhie^`u lo+`i

Ta bie^'t no'i hoa(.c im la(.ng, nhu+ng kho' bie^'t ba(`ng lo`ng vo+'i nhu+~ng lo+`i ca^`n thie^'t ma` tho^i. Luo^n luo^n ta ddi tu+` cho^~ ca^m ni'n co' ha.i cho ddu+'c a'i dde^'n cho^? ta bung tra(m nga`n lo+`i vu+o+.t qua cha^n ly' Thinh la(.ng la` ba'c a'i va` cha^n ly'.

Thinh la(.ng tra? lo+`i cho ai xin ta ddie^`u gi`, nhu+ng no'i chi? cho nhu+~ng lo+`i cha^'t chu+'a su+. so^'ng. Thinh la(.ng; cu~ng nhu+ ta^t ca? mo.i me^.n le^.nh cu?a su+. so^'ng da^?n ta dde^'n cho^? hie^'n tha^n chu+' kho^ng pha?i dde^'n mo^.t su+. ha` tie^.n tra? hi`nh. Nhu+ng co' giu+? chu'ng ta trong tra.ng tha'i ta^.p trung, dde^? co' the^ ? hie^'n tha^n. Bo+?i vi` ngu+o+`i ta kho^ng the^? tu+. hie^'n khi ngu+o+`i ta dda~ phung phi' chi'nh mi`nh. Nhu+~ng lo+`i tro^'ng ro^?ng ta kho'ac cho tu+ tu+o+?ng cu? ami`nh la` mo^.t su+. phung phi' thu+o+`ng xuye^n ve^` chi'nh mi`nh ta.

"Ca'c ngu+o+i se? pha?i ra le? ve^` mo.i lo+`i ca'c ngu+o+i no'i"

Tra? le? ve^` ta^'t ca? nhu+~ng lo+`i no'i nhu+ng vi` ha` tie^.n ta dda~ giu+~ la.i tra? le? ve^` ta^'t ca? nhu+~n g lo+`i dda'ng ly' pha?i giu+~ la.i nhu+ng vi` hoang phi', ta dda~ vung va~i tu+' tung theo o'c tu+o+?ng tu+o+.ng hoa(.c theo ca?m hu+'ng cu?a ta.

Madeleine Delbrel