Some people need a good talking to.
But almost everybody needs a good listening to.
Being reflected changes light. Being heard changes people.
Let their speaking be all there is.
Silence your own noise so you can really hear them.
Pocket your thoughts. Table your advice.
Listen like the earth listens to the rain.
Dry earth doesn’t take in the rain very well.
Practice listening so you can hear.
Listen like the violin listens to the string.
Listen deeply: to their soul, their silences.
Listen like God listens to your prayers.
In the clear space of being heard
people may hear themselves for the first time,
hear echoes of the divine between the words.
Someone who hears you hearing them
can believe God has heard them as well.
Listen for God’s listening in people.
Like midwives
we can listen each other into wholeness,
listen people to life.
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Steve Garnaas-Holmes
Unfolding Light
www.unfoldinglight.net
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