Change, Listening

Hello dear friends and fellow bloggers! A very warm welcome to you all! Thank you so much for taking time out from your busy day to come and visit me here! I really appreciate you all so much!

Here are today's picks, which I hope will brighten your day in some way!

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. - George Eliot

                             UEF Foundation

Cats are a mysterious kind of folk. - Sir Walter Scott

                            Reader's Digest

We change the world not by what we say or do but as a consequence of what we have become. - David R. Hawkins

                 Joseph Ranseth, Speaker, Author

Change is inevitable during the seasons, but it can also bring about great new opportunities. - Anonymous

                                Merchifies

Your inner voice may be quiet, but it's rarely wrong.

                       Talent Sync Consulting

Listening is a positive act: you have to put yourself out to do it. - David Hockney

                             Trans4mind

Slightly leaning towards the other person is an indication that you are actively listening, while leaning away may be interpreted as disinterest. - Liam Jackson

                                  Wow 4 U

Genuine empathy requires that we listen, understand and feel what is happening so that we can create a targeted solution. - Whitney Goodman

                           Ineffable Living

Nothing happens until the pain of remaining the same outweighs the pain of change. - Arthur Burt

True life is lived when tiny changes occur. - Leo Tolstoy

                            Everyday Power

Don't persuade, defend or interrupt. Be curious, be conversational, be real. And listen. - Elizabeth Lesser

                                  Happify

God gave us mouths that close and ears that don't. That should tell us something.

                             Hope Reflected

                              Snow Pants  :)

Meanwhile in Canada

Embrace uncertainty. Some of the most beautiful chapters in our lives won't have a title until much later. - Bob Goff, Author

Guideposts

Change before you have to. - Jack Welch

Develop Good Habits

You can't change what has already happened. So don't waste your time thinking about it. Move on. Let go and get over it!

Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self.

7 Cups of Tea

Dr. John Gottman's skills for active listening

1. Focus on being interested, not interesting

2. Start by asking questions

3. Look for commonalities

4. Tune in with all your attention

5. Communicate you are listening with a nod/sound

6. Paraphrase what the speaker says

7. Validate the speaker's emotions

8. Maintain eye contact

9. Let go of your own agenda

10. Turn off the TV

The Gottman Institute

Listening is an attitude of the heart, a genuine desire to be with another which both attracts and heals. - Christopher Isham

Blogkiat

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen. - Ernest Hemingway

Buzzle

You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or where it's all going. What you need is to embrace the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. - Thomas Merton

Purrs of Wisdom with Ingrid King

The following two photos are my own, which I took on January 19th with my cellphone...this is a park in Montreal. It was snowing when I took these photos, and people were skating on the paths that the city made a skating rink of, it was so nice to see people out and enjoying the snow and lovely weather, and getting their exercise at the same time. You can click on any image to see a larger view.

The following video is a Just for Laughs Gag (Juste pour Rire) done here in Montreal! Enjoy!  :)

Stray Cat chooses her human during his workout  :) (The Dodo)

Wild Magpie flies into this woman's house every day for a visit  :)  (The Dodo)

I've Been Searching So Long (Chicago, 1974)

This is one of my favourite Chicago songs!

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