A Page of Lost Questions

“A GREAT QUESTION refuses to be answered; so it keeps leading us into deeper connections with each other and into deeper thinking.” (Judith Snow)

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All learning and all wisdom begins with an open mind and an open  heart that says, “I don’t know.”

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Questioning keeps us open.

Openness allows us to learn.

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Questions come

from a heart that is seeking

from a heart that is open

from a heart that is listening

from a heart that is willing to learn.

https://ronirvine.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/living-the-questions/

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John O’Donohue was an Irish poet and philosopher who lived in a small cottage in the West of Ireland. He wrote several books including Anam Cara: The Book of Celtic Wisdom and Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong. John passed away on January 3, 2008. He was 52 years old. You can access his website to learn more about John and his work.  www.johnodonohue.com

Great Conversation

COFFEE AND CONVERSATION, MY FAVORITE THING

Coffee and Conversation

“When is the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation which wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, which is what passes for conversation in this culture. When have you had a great conversation in which: you overheard yourself saying things you never knew you knew; you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that absolutely found places within you that you had thought you had lost; you and your partner ascended to a different plane; memories of the exchange continued to sing in your mind for weeks afterward?” (John O’Donohue)

Learning to talk "with" each other again

What constitutes a great conversation?

Begin by talking WITH each other rather than talking TO each other.

Begin by listening. No one is interested in what I have to say unless I am first interested in what they have to say.

Begin with understanding. Seek to understand more than to be understood. Conversation is not about me, it is about us.