LISTEN

One of the great gifts that we often take for granted is the ability to listen. When we forget to step back, take in and hear what is going on around us, all we are doing is adding to the confusion stirring within ourselves and quite possibly everyone and everything around us. We should try to remember that in the grand scheme of things, what we have to say does not always help the situations arising in and around our lives. However, we will find peace in letting everything unfold as it is supposed to and understanding that answers come to us in many forms just by being able to listen.

Often times we get caught up "knowing" or believing we have to control our destiny. Words will not dissolve our past and certainly have no bearing on what the future might bring. We are capable of more by knowing less, by empathizing rather than being "wise" and learning before teaching. We can be more useful by hearing what others have to say than we can by giving information out of fear that we do not have the answers. Listen intently to those that have come before us, heed the curiosity of a child and allow music to give us freedom. We can find a piece of heaven in the sounds of waves crashing, raindrops on the window sill and birds chirping in the morning. Let us learn to listen and we will discover the inner voice that guides us in the direction of our dreams.