Sunday Musings - March 18, 2018

​Sunday Musings – March 18, 2018
Listening
 
I was reminded by the poet Naomi Shihab Nye in her 2016 conversation with Krista Tippett on the podcast On Being entitled “Your Life is a Poem”  of the importance of practicing the art  of listening.
 
Listening
 
How will I have a conversation if I have not listened? 
How will I know what the trees need if I do not listen?
How will I know what the wind needs if I do not listen? 
How will I know what you need if I do not listen?   
How will I know what I need if I do not listen? 
How will I know the questions to ask if I do not listen?
 
Much too often  I decide what I will listen for or to before allowing myself to hear. 
Much of the time I listen with only
       my mind
my heart
my eyes
my ears
my feet
Or I listen only to what seems comfortable
      
to me.
 
Sometimes  - not often enough it seems
I listen for the poem of your walk.
I listen for the poem which is your tears. 
I listen for the poem which is your joy.
I listen for the poems which is our story yet to be birthed.
 
Sometimes  I LISTEN
 
 
March 18, 2018