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\nListening is the foundation of all human relationship. But what is it to listen? Who do we have to be, to be ones whose listening connects, heals, restores, and supports our being true with one another? One response is that we're called to be ones who listen for all that is not said - the vastness of a person, their wholeness, and the 'essential self' that is beneath everything another person is saying. In this way we become a deep and faithful welcome to one another. Could a machine ever do this? Or is there a way in which the depth and particular ethical freedom of being human lends our listening a quality which only we can bring to the world? Hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nBecause we're travelling this week, the sound quality is a little different from our more regular episodes. We hope to be back to our usual sound quality next week.
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\nTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.\xa0 Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify.
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\nHere\u2019s our source for this week:
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\nHush
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\nHave you ever just
\nsat and listened to
\na loved one vent?
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\nSilently you held space,
\n'til from darkness
\nthey'd rallied back?
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\nSupport
\nneed not be complex,
\nit only needs to be only
\n\xa0 \xa0 \xa0....that.
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\nListen
\nuntil the clouds crack
\nand bleed them some sunshine.
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\nSmile
\nand be their lifelifef,
\n'til their worst feels like
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\nit's just fine.
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\nBroms the Poet
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\nPhoto by Michael & Diane Weidner on Unsplash\n