Listening

What would you tell your younger self? Advice? I could try, but she wouldn’t have listened. Not worth ruining your kidneys on Dr. Atkins’s diet to lose sixty-five pounds before being your sister’s Matron of Honor. Never think it’s OK to have sex without a condom Similarly, condoms BREAK! You…

Are you aware that your mindset matters when listening? It certainly does if you want to be an effective and active listener! …

‘Empty vessels make the loudest noise’ — ️️️️️️️️Listen to respond; not react…️ A reaction is instinctual and quick, whereas a response is processed and a well thought output. Most people tend to treat conversation like a competitive sport 🏀 in which the person who says the most, makes the cleverest point, persuades others of an opinion, or even speaks the longest and…

When I was a kid, the adults in my life often said, “God gave you two ears and one mouth so that you would listen twice as much as you speak.” As a society, many of us seem to have forgotten that message. Much public discourse, to our detriment and…

And trust. — Down by the river, my senses shiver, I linger before it’s too late, The time is fine to deliver, The message I bring to the lake. I feel the water curl around me, Adjacent to the call, A sign, not mine, we both could see, And baby, that’s not all. …