“Life is Advent; life is recognizing
the coming of The Lord.”
~ Henri Nouwen
Listen For Footsteps
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Hearing From God
“If you can’t sit in a café
and be ignored, how can you
observe human nature and
write a story?”
~ Evangeline Lilly
A Process of Learning
“We do not believe in ourselves
until someone reveals that
deep inside us something is valuable,
worth listening to, worthy of our trust,
sacred to our touch.”
~ e. e. cummings
Listen Quietly
“Happiness comes when
your work and words are of
benefit to yourself and others.”
~ Buddha
Wave a Magic Wand
“As the moments blinked by,
the frail man painted his lifetime;
his words were his brush strokes.
That was only half of the magic.
The real magic was that
she listened. And heard.”
~ Christy Caballero
Fatherly Advice
“Each person has inside a basic
decency and goodness. If he listens
to it and acts on it, he is giving
a great deal of what it is the world
needs most. It is not complicated
but it takes courage… to listen
to his own goodness.”
~ Pablo Casals
Be Still and Listen
“The temple bell stops
but I still hear the sound
coming out of the flowers.”
~ Matsuo Basho
The Art of Listening
“The ability to simplify means
to eliminate the unnecessary
so the necessary may speak.”
~ Hans Hofmann
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