I Am Listening

Today, I commit to listening.  I will listen to the call of my own heart, beating out the music of my soul.  Perhaps it will tell me to dance with abandon or maybe to sit quietly and just be.  Whatever the song I hear, I choose to respond wholeheartedly.

Today, I commit to listening.  I will attend to you and try to understand your point of view with curiosity instead of defensiveness.  I choose to concentrate on validation, recognizing that, despite our diversity, we are more alike than different.  I can decide to dance with you rather than against you.

Today, I commit to listening.  I will hear the sound of the trees and birds, the whispers of the clouds and breeze.  I choose to respect, value and treat with loving kindness the spirit of life that dances all around me.

I am listening…