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The Gifts of Silence and Solitude

Sandra Schmidt Bunkers, RN; PhD; FAAN

College of Nursing, South Dakota State University, Brookings, South Dakota, tsbunkers{at}sio.midco.net

In this column the author describes the importance of finding silence and solitude amid the noise and technology present today in the teaching-learning academy. Three gifts of silence and solitude are identified: the gift of comforting aloneness, the gift of vision for new horizons, and the gift of a sense of freedom. A humanbecoming perspective is used to explore the implications of these gifts. This column introduces a column by Diana Vander Woude describing her teaching-learning experience in leadership focusing on silence and solitude.

Key Words: gifts • humanbecoming • Parse • silence • solitude

Nursing Science Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 1, 22-25 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0894318407310756
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