Listening

"Listening is the oldest and perhaps the most powerful tool of healing.  It is often through the quality of our listening and not the wisdom of our words that we are able to effect the most profound changes in the people around us.   When we listen, we offer, with our attention an opportunity for wholeness.   Our listening creates sanctuary for the homeless parts within the other person.   That which has been denied, unloved, devalued by themselves and by others.  That which is hidden."   Rachel Naomi Remen