Welcome to Saturday and may every minute of this day be a great one for you and your family. May the memories of this day last forever and the smiles shared expand beyond those that see them.
Smiles, the word can bring happy memories just by saying it. Think for a minute back to a time in your childhood, or young adulthood where the smile you wore was so rich and intense that you remember still today why you smiled.
As usual I take you back today to a post from days gone by. A reflection into another day, another post. The date is June 30, 2009 enjoy it.
Just Listen
You learn so much by just taking the time to listen.
Listen to the rain hitting the ground, listen to the rush of traffic passing you by. Listen to the silence when all is quiet, how seldom is this when you have kids.
When we are not talking we open up the mind and soul to what is really going on around us. When we listen to others we open up their story and we listen really listen to another we hear their wants.
“Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even to the dull and the ignorant, they too have their story” ~Max Ehrman
No matter what everyone has their story and when we take time to listen we learn, no matter how dull or boring everyone deserves to be heard. You just may learn something your self. I know I often do.
We love to be heard, and when we take the time to listen, that giving attitude it comes back.
When we take the time to listen to our kids, their eyes light up, they really enjoy having you, and when you listen you hear their dreams, wants and fears. When they give you dreams never squash them with boring reality. Who are we to squash anyone's dream. No...let them dream big. Let them set goals to get there, plan and execute and yeah sometimes fail. We learn much from failure, and failure is not always bad.
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere.
~ Barack Obama
If we listen more, talk less, plan what we really want to say you will make a difference in that person's life. That is what life is all about. Taking the time to make a difference and in return it makes a difference in us.
I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives. ~Tracy Chapman
Be someone's angel today, be that someone who just listens and reaches out into the darkness and pulls that sad or lonely soul into the light.
Till next time....share a smile, make a dream come true and make someone's else a bit happier.
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