Well...Here Goes

In the beginning was the word...and it is in tribute to the author of that word that I begin. In the Rule of Saint Benedict the first word is "Listen." Seems like we do so little of that these days. We yearn for distraction, we turn on TV's, radio's, run here and there...all to keep us from listening to ourselves. Body, mind, and spirit are all in a conversation, but we are far to busy to listen to what they are telling us. How can we learn to listen to others if we cannot listen even to ourselves?

Think about the last time someone listened to you, I mean really listened. Wasn't it a precious gift? I belive that the most important gift that we can give to ourselves, and give to others, is the gift of listening in silence to the heart, ours or others. May God grant us grace, and may we learn to listen, to Him, to ourselves, and to those we care about around us.