Listen

Listen...
really listen...
deeply listen...

What do I know but
do not choose to hear?

What do I hear but
choose to ignore?

Listen to myself -
all of my answers are within me.

Listen to others -
what wisdom do they offer?
What can I learn by listening
to their insights and growth?
their fears?

Listen to my judgment of others -
what does that tell me about me?

Listen...
really listen...
stop talking,
stop thinking,
stop analyzing,
stop showing off,

And, just listen!

For one day,
one hour,
one moment...

What will I hear if I really listen?

What will I learn?

Where will it take me?

"Be Still and Know"

Listen... listen closely to that 
inner voice,
The voice that learned to stop calling...
long ago.
It's there, longing to be heard.
Longing to connect.
Hear it.  Feel it.  It's in the heart.


Quiet the mind, which has chattered
for so, so long now - endlessly
questioning,
challenging, 
berating,
belittling,
doubting, 
attacking.


It's no longer the mind's time to lead.


It is time to hear the beckoning of 
the inner voice,
the heartbeat, the energy
of the Spirit.


Be still and know...
there is no doubt when you
answer its call.  

(Thanks to Bea Harris for inspiring this blog with her talk!)