Listen. Listen closely. Listen carefully. Listen to the world that surrounds you. Listen to the people in that world. Listen harder so you can hear the cries of the people outside of that world, for perhaps those are the voices that shape it. Listen with your eyes. Learn with your ears. Listen. Ask if today is the day for your story....and ask the same question tomorrow. If you keep listening and you keep hearing your own story, then maybe you aren't actually listening. Or even hearing. Listen. Speaking is not the same as sharing, and sharing is not the same as helping. So listen, and learn the difference/s before you speak. Before you share. Because maybe, just maybe, your job right now is to listen.
From the Ascetic House Family, 2016.
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