If you watch the broadcast news or
sports you will see neither the reporters nor the subjects listen to each
other. They are so eager to ask their
questions, make their statements, or give their answers it becomes more of a
dance than a conversation. Perhaps this
is why we are becoming so polarized. We’ve
been trained to speak, not to listen.
The world around us moves at
sometimes frightening speed. There is so
much going on, we’ve set so many goals and tasks for ourselves the hours of the
day do not seem sufficient to accomplish all we have to do.
The eastern philosophies and
religions teach their followers to slow down and block the out the world for a
time and to relax their minds and listen to themselves to find peace. We can all benefit from this thought. Isn’t this quiet, reflective, approach what
prayer is?
My intent today is to listen to
the world around me. Not to judge, not
to change, not to inform, but to absorb and reflect on what was, what is, and
what can be.
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