◊ ◊ ◊ ◊  ◊ Voices from any age can provoke our listening. The journey of writing Wisdom From the Central Deep: renderings from “Living Philosophies – A Series of Intimate Credos” began when I pulled a book from the lowest shelf of my husband John’s old oak bookcase. The book’s worn black cover and dulled gold lettering nearly obscured …

◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ ◊ Listening is an act of will that precedes hearing. Everyone can listen, even persons whose ability to hear sounds is compromised because of physiological make-up, accident, aging, or other life processes. Everyone can listen because listening is paying attention. The more attention we pay to paying attention the more skilled we …