There’s very things I really enjoy more than Speaking.
It’s actually FIRST nature to me.
I’ve been babbling since, well since EVER BEFORE I CAN ACTUALLY REMEMBER.
I’ve got a mouth that belongs in a circus and it’s rare when it’s actually shut–I’m told I even talk in my sleep.
Is it always because I have something to say?
Do I love the sound of my voice, THAT much?
Does it cover up a multitude of other flaws?
Has it gotten me as much OUT of trouble as it has IN trouble?
Well….
I’ve come to understand, in spite of my love of the spoken word (MINE), that sometimes the greatest things I ever say are the things I DON’T.
I loved sharing the small YouTube video of me, shot a few years ago before I began blogging, before there actually was a www.thecaringcatalyst.com website.
OF COURSE, I HAD TO TELL SOMEONE ABOUT IT!
But, it wasn’t the video, it wasn’t the wasted preparation time, the travel to this venue for nurses, social workers, and nursing home administrators that was of any consequence THAT night.
It was not the Story-Telling…
It was the STORY-LISTENING that took place.
I’m not shocking anyone with this statement:
WE LISTEN TO REPLY!
But when our main agenda is to Listen, FIRST, Second and Third, the most amazing type of Communication takes place.
We don’t so much get to use our Ears but THAT which only hears what a heart shouts and a mouth can’t begin to Whisper.
T H A T language of the Soul, Words of the Heart, is the most sacred and the most significant. . .
And, and the most NEEDED!
When I became the audience THAT night, when I actually was able to be my own living illustration of HEARING WHAT WASN’T SAID…I not only became a card-carrying STORY-LISTENER, I instantaneously became more Empathetic, more Humanly in tuned, more Compassionate.
I was able to learn once more, which I LOUDLY EXTOLE each time I present, DID YOU HEAR WHAT I DIDN’T SAY?…
What I know, what I know I know, what I bet my life that I know, I, for the very life of me, don’t always act like I know:
EVERYONE HAS A STORY THAT DESPERATELY, NOT SO MUCH NEEDS TO BE TOLD, AS SIMPLY H E A R D!
I Became THAT person THAT night.
Now, at this moment, I’m inviting you to an awesome Phenomenon:
Join me.
Do the Same.
O F T E N. . .
It just might well leave you, uhhhh…
SPEECHLESS.
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