…there are no wrong turns, only unexpected paths.

I had over twenty years ago damaged the cilia in my ears. This has taught me many things. One thing I learned, paradoxically, is that there is much to be heard in silence.

Try as we do to resist what we're given, this is the only doorway to truth. We waste too much time and energy denying or fighting where we find ourselves.

Each soul on earth is complete unto itself.

If we are to access the resources of life, we must listen with our common heart to the cries of the world.

Keeping a commitment to listening has led me to my own growth, beyond any imagined dreams I may have had throughout the years.

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.