Being available
Posted on December 6th, 2008 by attentiontolife
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Words
Posted on September 29th, 2008 by attentiontolife
“Words are medicine too….Words can harm…just as the wrong medicine can harm. But words can also heal.”
Even the smallest utterance is an encouragement and an invitation to respond. Our words open intricate channels of relationship. Each time we speak, our words are alive with energy. Every word that passes our lips, [...]
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I tried to listen…
Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Anne
…on the Pearl Street Mall. I had one person sit to tell me his story of coming to this country from a far away land. Then the police let me know that one can’t set up a listening post like this without a permit. Still the two hours I was very instructive. [...]
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Words
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by attentiontolife
…being truly listened to is a rare experience for many of us and to be listened to attentively and respectfully can be very empowering.
–Victoria Field in Writing Works by Gillie Bolton, Victoria Field and Kate Thompson, 2006
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Words
Posted on March 20th, 2008 by attentiontolife
When the artist is truly the servant of the work, the work is better than the artist; Shakespeare knew how to listen to his work, and so he often wrote better than he could write; Bach composed more deeply, more truly than he knew; Rembrandt’s brush put more of the human spirit on canvas than [...]
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Heart to heart
Posted on February 27th, 2008 by attentiontolife
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Unspoken messages
Posted on February 18th, 2008 by attentiontolife
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