Welcome, Intrepid Parent:
On a lovely spring morning that we thought would never arrive, we met to share our thoughts, our stories, ourselves, really. The quote for the morning is:
"The first duty of love is to listen." --Paul
Tillich
The Difference between Listening & Hearing:
"There is a difference, strong but not always
noted, between listening and hearing. You hear the pneumatic drill, though you
would rather not listen. You listen for your children's voices in the
playground, but you can't always hear them. In urban environments, there's
usually a surplus of sound -- so much, in fact, that it often becomes difficult
to hear anything at all. But if we become too good at filtering things, have we
also damaged our capacity to listen?"
Be the Change:
Take a few minutes today to stop whatever it is you
are doing and just listen.
http://www.dailygood.org/pdf/dg.php?qid=5424
Paul Tillich as another oft-quoted Christian theologian Tillich information.
Last month we contemplated T. Merton's Suscipe prayer Merton Prayer.
With all of the exterior and interior clamor of our modern world, we must be intentional in our times of stillness and silence to attend to those important to us. This can include our family, our friends, our neighbors in need; most present and perhaps, most elusive, our God.
So let us be gentle with ourselves and those around us; sound a bell and "stop...and just listen."
Let us gather once more on June 1st before the summer hiatus (with snax!).
Peace,
The ModSub
