Orphir and Stenness Church

Listening:

I have just hung up.  Why did he call? - I don’t know - Oh! I get it - I talked a lot and listened very little.

Forgive me, Lord, it was a monologue and not a dialogue.  I explained my idea, and did not get his; since I didn’t listen, I learned nothing, since I didn’t listen, I didn’t help, since I didn’t listen, we didn’t communicate.

Forgive me Lord, for we were connected and now we are cut off.

 - Michel Quoist