The Universe does like to deliver clue by fours...

Today's thought from Hazelden is:

Many
of us achieve only the semblance of communication with others; what we
say is often not contingent on what the other has just said, and
neither of us is aware that we are not communicating.
--Desy Safan-Gerard

When
we don't listen fully to each other, when we don't revere the Spirit
within others that's trying to talk to us, we destroy the connection
that wants to be made between our Spirits. Our inner selves have
messages to give and messages to receive for the good of all. Our ego
selves often keep us from hearing the very words that would unravel a
problem in our lives.

How hard it is, how often, to be still and
to fully listen to the words, rather than the person. How much more
familiar it is to filter the message with our own ongoing inner
dialogue - our own ongoing continual assessment of another's personhood
at the very time our higher power is trying to reach us through them.

There really are no wasted words. Messages are everywhere. We can learn to listen.

I will hear just what I need to hear today. I will open myself fully to the words.

You are reading from the book:

Each Day a New Beginning by Karen Casey

Each Day a New Beginning by Karen Casey.
Copyright 1982, 1991 by Hazelden Foundation. All rights reserved.
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Hazelden.