Recovery Meditations ~ Listening ~ One Day at a Time ~ August 15, 2010

~ LISTENING ~

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I have learned silence from the

talkative, tolerance from the

intolerant, and kindness from the

unkind. I should not be ungrateful to

those teachers.


Kahlil Gibran

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Verbosity is one of my personal

characteristics ... especially in my

past. I remember so well discussions in

which I found great joy in talking. I

also remember my prayers to the God Of

My Understanding in which I had a litany

of things prayed for.

As I became more and more entrenched in

my program, I noticed that I began to

listen more and talk less. I also began

to really hear what God was saying to

me. Praying is our talking to God and

meditating is listening to Him. So now

meditation has became a way of life for

me.

As I go through my life encountering the

talkers of the world, I now try to

listen to those who are silent but who

have much to say. The loud voices of my

past life were just loud. It is,

however, the quiet, calm voices that

have spoken to me in volumes.

ONE DAY AT A TIME . . .


I will listen carefully to those who speak.

I will listen especially carefully if it's God who is speaking.