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“Deep listening is the kind of listening that can help relieve the suffering of another person. You can call it compassionate listening. You listen with only one purpose: to help him or her to empty their heart.” Tich Nhat Hanh
Feathered It
Life’s thirty kilos was on my back all day,
so heavy my mind was bowed and my soul weighed down,
till I sat with you at days end and
you lightened my burden as you received my
leaden tale and feathered it with wings to fly away.
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
So very beautiful the imagery created. I love the use of weight, transferring it from the burden of carrying it on the back (and in the heart and soul) to the ether as someone listens. Just perfect.
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Thank you so much for such a wonderful response, so encouraging.
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You are kindly welcome. It’s great poetry!!
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moving and uplifting verse
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Tony thank you for sharing that, much appreciated.
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Lovely I can relate. I emphasized with the listener because someone has to take the weight.
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Yes, someone has to hold the space, thank you.
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That is so beautiful
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Those long afternoons
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I love how the momentum shifts from heavy to weightless, by giving weight, wings. A poem one experiences.
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So glad this spoke to you, yes, experiencing it, thank you for sharing.
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You’re welcome.
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Yes! To have someone just listen is life enhancing.
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Absolutely
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Listening is perhaps one of our most powerful gifts
to share…along with love.
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Yes, I just hope for more of it in our world, thank you Sandy
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My pleasure. I hope listening doesn’t become a lost art in our high tech world.
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Yes, I share that concern very much.
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all very well said above 🙂
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😉
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❤
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🙂
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Thank you for sharing your words. We all need the blessing of a listener and we who do the listening are also blessed.
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Absolutely, so agree Patricia, and thank you
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Beautiful verse about sharing.
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Many thanks Punam
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My pleasure, Paul.
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