150 Words: Listen

We listen but we do not hear.  It is the way of being human.  It is the way of being separate.  It is the way of the world.

(Don’t ask if you can’t deal with “no”.  Don’t leap if you’re not as prepared to fall as you are prepared to soar.  Don’t expect anybody to know what you yourself are not at all sure of.  Do ask somebody to hear when all they can do is listen.)

We speak but we do not say what we really mean.  It is the way of shadows.  It is the way of precipices.  It is the way of fear of falling.  It is the way of being human.  It is the way of the world.

We listen…sometimes we really listen…but too often we do not hear.  It is the way of being close but forever apart.  It is the way of the world.