“In the name of friendship you should make sure your door is always open to listen. Don't feel you need to provide unsolicited possible solutions, answers or even ideas. Listening without judgment and offering assistance when asked should be enough. That's friendship's high calling.” NeedsFeelsShouldIdeasEnoughNamesWomenAnswersDoorsListeningCallingJudgmentSolutionsOfferingAssistance Author:Amy Dickinson
“We can not communicate with the Lord if we do not communicate with each other. If we want to present ourselves to him, we must take a step towards meeting one another. To do this we must learn the great lesson of forgiveness: we must not let the gnawings of resentment work in our soul but must open our hearts to the magnanimity of listening to others, open our hearts to understanding them, eventually to accepting their apologies, to generously offering our own.” IfsWantHeartSoulUnderstandingAcceptingLordStepsListeningLessonsMeetingsCommunicateOfferingResentmentApologyCan NotListening To OthersMagnanimity Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I do love listening to singles casually, but that moment, the thing I'm mining the singles for, is something that makes me dig deeper and find a layered offering that allows for discovery after discovery.” MomentsListeningDiscoveryDeeperThat MomentOfferingSinglesMiningDig Deep Author:Crowder
“Majoring in religion, listening to TV evangelists interpret the scriptures and dictate my offerings-I found my God inside myself-in every moment and piece of matter. Everything is animate.” MatterMomentsFoundPiecesTvsListeningScriptureOfferingEvangelists Author:Amy Ray
“Prioritizing listening to their child or adolescent is extremely important. It can be very hard to listen to someone who is upset or troubled without offering advice or suggestions or otherwise telling him or her what to do.” ChildrenImportantHardAdviceListeningUpsetOfferingSuggestionsPrioritizeOffering Advice Author:Timothy Carey