“Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.” — Goswami Kriyananda message shouted loud listen carefully when heard truth not always told * * * Telling All Who Will Listen ~ Chinese goose speaks up • Photo by Jan Logozzo • “Speaking Up” haiku by Mary O’Connor © 2021
“Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.” — Anonymous when ears are perked smallest sounds take on meaning way to understand * * * All Ears ~ Tiny fawn, yet to catch up to ears • Photo and “All Ears” haiku poem by Mary O’Connor © 2021
“I really worked at becoming more assertive, and now none of my friends talk to me.” — Wendy Wasserstein “The biggest difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how your words and behaviors affect the rights and well-being of others.” — Sharon Anthony Bower * * * Listen to me! ~ White Ibis (male … More Assertiveness
“Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and just listen. No more is needed.” — Eckhart Tolle “In the stillness of the quiet, if we listen, we can hear the whisper of the heart giving strength to weakness, courage to fear, hope to despair.” — Howard Thurman * * * Master of … More Stillness
“You hear with your ears, but you listen with an open mind.” — Anthony T. Hincks “God has given you two ears —that should tell you something about the importance of listening.” — Jim George * * * “I’m all ears!” ~ Photo by Mary O’Connor © 2019
“If we are willing to be still and open enough to listen, wilderness itself will teach us.” — Steven Harper “There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.” — Linda Hogan * * … More Be Still and Listen
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