That was beautiful Joe. The conversation needs to go both ways. The gentle ask...the soft reply. The noticing not just the words, but the feelings that accompany them. Observing and actually seeing. Deeply, beneath the surface. To the time before time. Being able to wait and see where it is going without trying to make it go there. Just be. Just see. Just listen. Just love.
Thank you, dear friend. I think you have placed another chair at the table. The waiting you describe is spacious rather than hesitant. It does not pull the conversation toward itself; it simply makes room for it to arrive. Perhaps that is what honest replies grow from—not certainty, but a listening that has been patient enough to hear, and a heart willing enough to answer. Thank you for helping the conversation continue.
Lovely Joe. Thank you.
That was beautiful Joe. The conversation needs to go both ways. The gentle ask...the soft reply. The noticing not just the words, but the feelings that accompany them. Observing and actually seeing. Deeply, beneath the surface. To the time before time. Being able to wait and see where it is going without trying to make it go there. Just be. Just see. Just listen. Just love.
Thank you, dear friend. I think you have placed another chair at the table. The waiting you describe is spacious rather than hesitant. It does not pull the conversation toward itself; it simply makes room for it to arrive. Perhaps that is what honest replies grow from—not certainty, but a listening that has been patient enough to hear, and a heart willing enough to answer. Thank you for helping the conversation continue.
You make it easy…because you listen. Not just with your ears, but your heart. And that’s the very best kind of listening there is.