[Greco]

iamkeri1, may all be well with you these days.

Today...today I arrived at the office and found an email that a colleague's partner had passed suddenly...my heart went out to her. I know from experience that there is nothing I could say to make it better, but I could and did simply...listen...listen.

How often are any of us ever really just listened too? You know, no advice giving...just listening...to her sense of loss...her shock...listening and holding a quiet place where she could talk, and know that her words fell on caring ears, a caring mind, and a caring person...listening.

Frankly, tonight I went on my after work run...and I listened to myself, felt my feelings of loss, of wonder at this mysterious life, and gave thanks for her gift to me...allowing me to be a person that could be there for her...simply being me...nothing more...nothing less.

So, why am I sharing all of this with you? Honestly, to listen to myself, and know how much I've grown not outwardly, but internally.

When I was much younger I knew all of the answers, so I thought. Now I know that the most precious thing are the moments, each moment of a day when I can be in the moment, and open to it's call.

Perhaps a call to simply...listen.

Thank you for reading.

Sending you warm thoughts, Greco