Every human has an unfathomable gift that only meeting life head on will reveal.
Part of the blessing and challenge of being human is that we must discover our own true nature.
A love astounds us or a pain consumes us and we forget that we glow on our own.
Whether you find it through mediation or sighing over tea or just turning all your devices off for five minutes, listening is an ancient lifeline by which we are awakened time and again. Once reawakened, we more easily find our way to each other, and so help each other live.
The broken door lets in the light. The broken heart lets in the world.
To listen also means to stay in relationship, the central challenge of our time, and this requires us to constantly minimize whatever stands between us and life.