Quieten a moment, and just listen . . . REALLY listen.
Pause the internal dialogue that is queuing up, waiting for the moment when it can interrupt another’s speak ………. and see that this is stopping you from being truly present with another.
Pause the voice that speaks in judgements, shouting “but I am right” ………. and just hear what is here, hear who is here.
Pause the torrent of thinking, the reactive bite-backs, the excess of words ………. and JUST LISTEN, here, now.
Listen to the voice that speaks beneath the words.
Listen, not with ears, but with heart.
Listen and receive … for the voice that speaks before you now is your own, expressed through the lips of another, asking to be heard.