To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what we will hear or what that will mean. In the practice of our days, to listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.


The Exquisite Risk: Daring to Live an Authentic Life (ed. Harmony, 2007) - ISBN: 9780307422002

Mark Nepo Quotes

To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what...

To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what...

To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what...

To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what...