tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905807.post4548656219010010845..comments2023-11-03T01:55:20.572-07:00Comments on Flying Embers: Good listenerFCBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08741867097151481332noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905807.post-82519148415855085962012-10-01T16:26:00.351-07:002012-10-01T16:26:00.351-07:00Great response; I too, find myself rushed to conso...Great response; I too, find myself rushed to console and resolve. <br />God bless,<br />FredFCBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08741867097151481332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8905807.post-91688864018562655022012-09-21T09:30:55.164-07:002012-09-21T09:30:55.164-07:00Wow, a great post. In the past few months, I have...Wow, a great post. In the past few months, I have found opportunities for silence when usually there are words - and it has been difficult for me to keep quiet. Right after a friend or co-worker says something of consequence, usually with pain attached to it, there is a tendency within me to speak - to immediately console. But careful listening requires a courage to let things sit, to allow the speaker to know I am with them, that they are not alone, and, to say with silence, "this time between us is holy". Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02577333266062300638noreply@blogger.com