Waiting, a Ritual

by Avie | May 24, 2020 | experiences of Listening, Letting Go of Outcome

Dear Listener, I have a weekly ritual these days… Once each week I log into our scheduler and delete the shifts scheduled for the next 7 days out. On the surface, this is not exactly what I’d desire to be doing. There is a bright side, though. Each week...

Listening Remains a Constant

by Avie | Apr 10, 2020 | experiences of Listening, valuing service

 Listening can remain a constant in an ever changing world   Dear Listener, This Listening Post has been in a month long pause in its formal listening in our community. And, while we had looked forward to soon returning to our normal schedule of serving in 8...

Pop-up Listening Never Stops

by Avie | Mar 21, 2020 | experiences of Listening, gratitude, valuing service

This week’s letter comes from long time volunteer listener, Debbie Sis.  Dear Listener, I was feeling a little low not being able to go to BFS tonight and knowing it’s for the higher good but still feeling the loss.  I went to Costco as I had purchased some...

Listening Post’s Coronavirus Policy

by Avie | Mar 13, 2020 | experiences of Listening, support, valuing service

Dear Listener, LP is responding to the Coronavirus pandemic. As of today, 3/12, we are pausing from our regular service of listening in all of our 8 sites, and postponing the opening of our site at Providence. We will take one month off at all sites to model our care...

Trust

by Avie | Feb 23, 2020 | difficult conversations, experiences of Listening, real contact and intimacy, silence

Dear Listener, A few years ago during one of our Volunteers’ Monthly Meeting we posed a question about trust. We broke into small groups and listened to one another explore what trust meant to us and how we experienced it. While I don’t remember the...

Basic and Limitless

by Avie | Feb 9, 2020 | experiences of Listening, real contact and intimacy, valuing service

Dear Listener, I wasn’t able to write to you last week and I missed it, I felt its absence, and I missed you all. Writing these letters is part of my own listening practice and I felt like I missed an LP shift. How does it strike you when you aren’t able...