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...
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...
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...
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...
by Avie | Jan 25, 2020 | experiences of Listening, gratitude, poems, real contact and intimacy
Dear Listener, It is possible that anyone who has listened, really listened, knows that failure is unavoidable. Listening seems to stand out in relief, particularly during moments when it is not happening. Even when we have dedicated ourselves to practicing the sacred...
by Avie | Jan 11, 2020 | experiences of Listening, hone our listening skills, real contact and intimacy
Dear Listener, Being a volunteer at the Listening Post requires a level of commitment. When someone asks to become a volunteer, I send them some information about the commitment level that we have found to work best. Most of our volunteers surpass the suggested...
