Listening deeply focuses our attention on the present, creating harmony within us, which draws others near. Listening with our heart is the first rule of love…Without a listening heart, there is no respect, no bonding, no intimacy and no happiness in our relationships. One of the greatest gifts we can give to ourselves and to one another is undivided attention, the gift of being fully here.

Susan Taylor, “In the Spirit”

The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer.

Henry David Thoreau

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