Never underestimate the power of listening.
Listen to everything. Listen with your heart and mind wide open.
Listen to the cries for help, the cries of pain.
Listen to the calls for movement, the calls for action.
Listen to ideas, old and new, that challenge you.
Listen to brilliance and blathering, mindful of which is which.
Listen to stories, especially those that move you.
Listen to your own heart when the night is long and you are lost.
Listen now to the silence in this place of listening.
May we always remember to listen.
May we listen openly and attentively.
And may we act on what we hear with love and grace.
Amen!
