To truly listen is to risk being changed forever.
Sa ‘k’ ej Henderson
When I think of the times I have truly listened in my life – to the sea’s endless lapping, to the sighs of my grandmother when when she thought no one was near, to the pains of others that I have caused – it’s receiving these simple truths that has made me a better man.
So often when we refuse to listen, we become obsessed with remaking the world in our own image, rather than opening the spirit within us to the spirit of what is.
At the deepest level, ours is not to make ourselves heard, but to be still enough to hear.
Mark Nepo
Emerging From The Dark Night 