by Avie | Apr 1, 2020 | poems, real contact and intimacy
Dear Listener, Have you noticed any influx of poetry in your life during this time of the serious need for our response to Coronavirus? I have. ‘Course you may know my fondness for poetry, it has shown up in these letters before. Recently, with the stressful...
by Avie | Mar 2, 2020 | poems, real contact and intimacy
Dear Listener, This week I offer you a poem. William Stafford touches into a silence that resonates with the sacred art of listening – at least to my ears. If this poem resonates with you, with your listening practice, or with anything that moves you, I would...
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...
