Silence as the fount of Action & Joy

I found this quote the other day while changing the signature on my emails...

"There is in all things an inexhaustible sweetness and purity, a silence that is a fount of action and joy.  It rises up in wordless gentleness and flows out to me from the unseen roots of all created being, welcoming me tenderly, saluting me with indescribable humility."

~ Thomas Merton, from "Hagia Sophia"

That's my wish for myself, and for all of us in this new year... a deeper connection with silence as a fount of action and joy.