To listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.

We need to give up what no longer works and find new ways of being that keeps us close to what matters.

The journey is made easier when we can accept that the process of living is designed for what matters to come through us tenderly.

The point of experience is not to escape life but to live it.

One of the most challenging ways is to slow down enough to relax our heart and feel what is nearest. It could be the sun reflecting off of broken glass in an alley. It could be the shine on a crow. It could be snow on a lamp post.

The fully engaged heart is the antibody for the infection of violence.

Whatever difficulty you face, there are time-tried ways you can listen your way through. Because listening is the doorway to everything that matters. It enlivens the heart the way breathing enlivens the lungs. We listen to awaken our heart. We do this to stay vital and alive.