Are You Listening?

Perhaps they were listening to us, after all …

These words spoken by a fellow parent about the impact we can have on our children.

Whether it is in a parenting context, or

a social context, or

a work context, or

[fill in the blank]

when we’re dealing with people, we can be assured they are listening.

Listening to the spoken words, and

to the unspoken.

Listening when we want them to, and

when we don’t.

Listening in the moments, and

in the gaps between.

Listening.

Always listening.

Which makes me curious, what are we saying?

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