Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. The greatest problem with communication is we donβt listen to understand. We listen to reply. When we listen with curiosity, we donβt listen with the intent to reply. We listen for whatβs behind the words.
The more you talk about them, the more important they will feel. The more you listen to them, the more important you will make them feel.
To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions.
O Heavenly Children, do not forget that God is here, there and everywhere. The birds are his eyes and the air is his ears. And as you sleep, your heart and soul rest naked before him. He can drink from the rivers of your thoughts, and even feel the wetness of your tears.
The world is a busy place filled with many busy businesses, both the Godly and the ungodly. It means before you go on to accept any activity or event that comes into the world, you must weigh its Values, examine the Virtues, listen to Views and then you give your Verdict. Satan is not wise; he is just crafty!
Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity.
Speak to me: I will spend my lifetime trying to understand you.
Iβll tell you another secret, this one for your own good. You may think the past has something to tell you. You may think that you should listen, should strain to make out its whispers, should bend over backward, stoop down low to hear its voice breathed up from the ground, from the dead places. You may think thereβs something in it for you, something to understand or make sense of. But I know the truth: I know from the nights of Coldness. I know the past will drag you backward and down, have you snatching at whispers of wind and the gibberish of trees rubbing together, trying to decipher some code, trying to piece together what was broken. Itβs hopeless. The past is nothing but a weight. It will build inside of you like a stone. Take it from me: If you hear the past speaking to you, feel it tugging at your back and running its fingers up your spine, the best thing to doβthe only thingβ is run.
Be aware of the high notes, of the blissful faces and their soft messages, and listen for the silent message of a highly decorated gift.