One Apple A Day #635 - Mutual listening
Today, in my morning meditation, I focused on listening. Considering that I’m going to facilitate a group on listening and that I picked a card saying that “a deeper level of listening is needed”, it was a natural choice.
While I was breathing into this thought, I realised that lately I’ve been talking and thinking and about listening more than I’ve been doing it.
My recurring struggle aligning what I know with what I do.
I tell a friend to take some time off and walk in nature, while I spend most of my time sitting with my laptop. I write about the importance of having clarity about who we are to guide our steps, and I don’t take time to explore my own identity.
How easy it is to get trap into the doing. When our intentions and actions are not in sync, that’s a good sign that we are losing the connection with our true self.
Listening is a good example. It is easier listening to others than to my self. Yet, this apparent weakness hides also an opportunity. If it’s easier to listen to others, than maybe we can help each other in this. We can be the listeners for others while others are the listeners for us. Through meaningful conversation and trust, we can create a space of mutual listening.
Fancy a conversation?