The awkwardness of silence

Whenever it is completely silent I do feel awkward. It feels like someone should talk but either no one knows what to say, or they just don't feel like talking. That is defiantly awkward because someone needs to step up and talk, but we don't know who is going to step up. I think the people that talk too much like to hear themselves speak. Most of the time what they say is pointless. I think people should learn to listen more. My dad taught me that the best quality in a person is the ability to listen. I actually feel that listening is more important than talking. I do think that society yearns for peace and quiet because, especially where we live, it is always noisy. Someone always has to be talking, or there's always noises outside (cars, trains etc.) It's never actually silent. Sometimes when I am in the car with either my family or driving someone to school, there is an awkward silence. I think for something that's worth saying, but sometimes I cant think of anything. It does make me anxious because i don't know what to do. When I don't have anything in common with people, or I don't know them, I don't speak. In many new classes I don't speak if i don't have any friends in the class.

Silence comes out of shyness. If two people don't know eachother there might be silence because neither wants to be bold and speak. That definietly causes awkwardness.