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Thursday, February 27, 2014
To listen is to continually give up all expectation and give our attention, by Mark Nepo
"To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what we will hear or what that will mean. In the practice of our days, to listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear."
Mark Nepo
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