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CREATIVE LISTENING

6/6/2013

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                                             CREATIVE LISTENING


                              When a man (or woman) has a new idea, 
                              or aspirations,
or dreams, to whom may he 
                              go? 
Who will listen
to him?

                              "My own experience," wrote Thomas Drier,
                              "is that there are not many good listeners
                              in the world, people who will open not
                              only their ears but their minds to other
                              folks."

                              "How many of you," asks Drier, "know
                              of friends to whom you can take you finest
                              aspirations and be sure of a sympathetic 
                              hearing?  How many will listen intelligently?"

                              "You'll have no trouble getting people who

                              will remain silent while you talk. But you
                              want something more than that. You want 
                              to tell  your thoughts and receive back 
                              encouragement that will make you feel like
                              a fighting cock, sure that you can go out
                              out and snap the heads of all the snakes
                              that will rise up to trouble you."

                             "I believe we need a new priesthood [of]

                             men and women who ill listen creatively
                             to the finest thoughts of people.They will
                             furnish an outlet for emotions that would
                             otherwise perish and probably turn to poison."

                             St. Paul speaks of a "royal priesthood."
                             Can royalty exist where there is no empathetic,
                             creative listening?  
                             Is anybody listening?

                             Let's hope so.

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