When Silence Speaks Louder Than Faith: Decades of Watching a Hollow Piety
Cultivating the Heart and Mind: Witnessing Morality, Ethics, and Inner Vigilance For decades, I have watched. Not as a distant observer, not as someone removed, but as someone present in the community, witnessing moments where the conscience should have spoken and did not. We watch and wait at the obvious moments where words are undeniably required. We see silence. Always silence. Hiding behind social media because no one sees the full picture. Hiding in daily distractions — “I was busy” — too busy to do what is right, yet never too busy to show up where recognition or applause can be found. There is no transparency anywhere. The gaps are not just here and there. They are foundational. Manners, morality, ethics — these are missing. Outward displays of piety replace internal integrity. People perform, they signal belonging, they mark rituals and commemorations, but the heart, the conscience, the authentic courage — these are absent. Even friendships are hollow. Even intimate relatio...
