Thursday 2 February 2017

Listen, do and change the worlds.

"Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply."
- Stephen Covey -

Listening is a learning skill, and can be therapeutic if you will do it without interfering. Just listen intently, for the sake of listening. Do not say anything, even if you want to. Listen until the end, then think for few seconds. Ask if you need more details. This will show to the other person that you respect her/his point of view. Do this at last once per week, listen to someone just for the sake of it. Try to notice what happen and what that person will say after this experience. In learning how to know yourself better, you will learn how to change other's life.


"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, magic, and power in it."
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is a bit late, but we are still at the beginning of this wonderful year. We matured into 2017, we went through our New Year's resolutions and most likely we left them somewhere behind. Or we are still doing them, even if not with so much power as in the beginning. Because, if you do not know, there is a power in the new beginnings, there is a relentless energy that can help us to do the things easier that just by sheer force of will. But, in order to do this, we need to master another art, we need to learn how to create and maintain beneficial habits. Anyway, this is a story for another time.


"If you want to touch the past, touch a rock. If you want to touch the present, touch a flower. If you want to touch the future, touch a life."
- Author Unknown -

How can i change the world, she asked me. One person at the time, I answered. It was true back then, it is still true now. We are not alone, solitary existences, even if so many try to convince us. We are all but drops in the humanity ocean. We need to loose ourselves into it, even if we live as individuals. We need to aim to help as often as we breathe. To actively look for it. Nothing less.

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