LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – March 14, 2012 In my listening of others – myself as well – I hear the frustration and upset we have with others, especially when they are being themselves. Do we tend to resist accepting them for who they are? What we resist does persist, does it not? We …
LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – March 7, 2012 In my listening of others – myself as well – I have noticed that many of us are driven to “hold on” and stay eternally vigilant with our attentiveness to the problems of the world, the problems of our work, the problems with our family, the …
LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – February 29, 2012 In my listening of others, myself as well, occasionally I hear us share an epiphany with what we once saw as something plain, insignificant or perhaps even upsetting, now has become a great source of joy and comforting serenity within our lives. How over the years …
LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – February 22, 2012 In my listening to others – myself as well – I see many of us “going it alone.” We have become islands unto ourselves with our efforts in the progression of our DREAMS as well as with how we are handling our personal DEMONS. So many …
LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – February 8, 2012 In my listening of others – myself as well – I hear and notice how “important things” are not getting done or being progressed with our lives. Comments such as “I need to” … “I have really got to…” are scattered and sprinkled into conversations like …
LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – February 1, 2012 In my listening of others – myself as well – I notice that with interactions and communications, occasionally someone becomes offended and disconnects for a time from our relationship. Perhaps we used a word or phrase that triggered a strong emotional feeling in the other; perhaps …
LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – January 25, 2012 In my listening, I often see others – myself as well – held hostage to another’s response, expecting a certain reaction, then being disappointed, hurt or upset because it did not happen in the way we expected or wanted it to be received. It is said …
LISTENING FROM THE HEART Originally published in The Mancos Times – January 18, 2012 In my listening I have come to notice that more sleepless nights, more frustration, more anxiety, are born out of our unwillingness or inability to discern those things which are and are not within our control, than perhaps any other issue. Likewise, of those things that …
