A Time To Receive

          The biblical admonition about the relative value of giving over receiving almost never applies to conversation.  What we are willing to receive determines the value of most conversations.  If we enter every conversation assuming the other person has something valuable to contribute, we listen–truly listen.           People yearn to [...]

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Filters

Have you ever noticed how the forest seems to get noisier and noisier the more time you spend in it?  Your unconscious auditory filters that screen out extraneous sounds in an urban environment continue to screen out seemingly extraneous sound when you move into a more quiet environment. After you have been in a more [...]

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