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Listen!
Posted on October 11, 2013 by opreach
When you listen generously to people they can hear the truth in themselves, often for the first time. – Rachel Naomi Remen
Category: SpiritualityTags: bee, dahlia, flower, listening, photo, photograph, quote, rachel naomi remen, sepia tone, truth
What Kind of Life Shall I Lead?
Posted on May 31, 2013 by opreach
Lead a listening life. Order your outward life so that nothing drowns out the listening. – Thomas Kelly, A Testament of Devotion
Category: SpiritualityTags: a testament of devotion, alamo square, dusk, listening, ordered life, painted ladies, photo, photography, quote, san francisco, sunset, thomas kelly
More Wisdom from Thomas Merton
Posted on August 20, 2012 by opreach
We must slow down to a human tempo and we’ll begin to have time to listen. – Thomas Merton We all know we should slow down . . . Why is it so hard for us to do it?
Category: Letting GoTags: hammock, listening, nature, photo, photography, slowing down, thomas merton
To Whom Am I Listening?
If I cannot listen to all of life, then any part that I do hear will be only partial or distorted. If I am listening only in chapel, if I am listening only to my peers, if I am listening only to my profession,… Continue Reading “To Whom Am I Listening?”
Category: God's CallTags: alive now, joan chistiter, listening, listening to the poor, to whom do we listen
