What if.....................................

     The question that drives this book is, how would our relationships change, and how would we change, if we approached every situation with the intention of listening first?  What if we approached our relationship with God as listeners?  What if we viewed our relationship with nature as one of listening?  What if we approached our relationships with our ears rather than our mouths?  What if we sought to listen to our emotions before we preached to them?

-Adam S. McHugh,  The Listening Life:  Embracing Attentiveness in a World of Distraction