Fine Tuning Our Listening and Not Multitasking

Patience, commitment and discipline are what is needed to fine tune our auditory skills.
Listen in stillness, listen in silence, listen in vulnerability, in open-heartedness.

Real listening takes time. We can not listen while multitasking. When I was a girl I would work in the kitchen with my mother.  I would often help her prepare the family dinner. It was a good time to talk. One thing I remember is that when I was talking she would often stop peeling potatoes or chopping onions and turn toward me to listen. At those times, I knew I was  heard; one of the gifts my mother passed to me, how to listen.

Self Reflection: I will practice patience, commitment, and discipline in my listening.