August 16, 2023 – A

We most need to hear
what we most have to say.

How often do we listen to what we are saying,
and, more importantly,
to HOW we are saying it?

What subjects do we pursue?
Return to?
What do we repeat?
Time after time?

How often do we hear ourselves
saying something new?
Something we have never said before?

Who are our best listeners?
Who allow/encourage us to talk
so that we might hear what we are saying?

Who ask us questions for clarification,
forcing us to think about what we are saying,
what we mean?

Where do we go just to hear 
what we have to say?

When do we talk just to hear
what we have to say?

How often do we surprise ourselves
with what we say,
and/or how we say it?

Automatic writing,
where we just start writing,
not-knowing what we are going to write/say
is an excellent exercise 
in opening an inner door
and listening/seeing what comes out.

It is what I do here every day,
and in other places throughout the day.

I am amazed at what I have to say.
And expect you will feel the same way
about what you have to say.

I don't know of a better way
to spend our time
than listening to what all we have to say--
and invite you to take up the practice,
and see where it takes you
in the time left for living.

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