Listen

Contemplative prayer.

Taking time to sit in silence.

A formal practice that I have come to embrace.

A practice that affects the way I approach daily life.

My anchoring word is "Peace."

Peace with God, self, and others.

Peace with life.

Peace with the present, moment to moment.

The contemplative prayer practice has helped me learn to sit in silence.

To rest in the presence of God.

To be present, aware, and alert.

To listen.

We are told to love God and others.

We are told to be still and not afraid.

We are told to live with love, joy, and peace.

The path begins with listening.

We all need our voices heard.

When we are heard we feel valued.

How better to be valued than to first value others?

As we do unto others as we would have them do unto us.

Loving God, by listening in silence.

Loving others, by listening in silence.

When we listen, we hear and we value.

And when we listen, we are heard and we are valued.

In prayer.

In presence.

To love is

to listen.

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