#rememberreminder: Listen
Listen…
…To the background sounds of your day: Do you hear music filled with lyrics of happiness and laughter and love? Remember to be grateful. Do you hear songs of sadness and struggle and despair? Remember that you can do hard things.
Listen…
…To the voices of those who love you: Do they tell you that you are important? Do they tell you that you are everything? Do they tell you that you are enough? Remember to believe them.
Listen…
…When you want to speak: Do you learn something new? Remember silence can be a teacher.
Listen…
…To your heart: Do you hear it calling? Remember to answer and believe your heart is leading you home.
Listen…
…To stories of the past: Do you remember who you are and where you came from? Remember the importance of nostalgia. Do you want to live a simpler, happier, more fulfilling life? Remember to celebrate the past to create better days today.
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Today, remember to listen: No matter what it is you hear, we’re pretty sure it will be absolutely, wonderfully, amazingly, breathtakingly beautiful.
Remember: “The word ‘listen’ contains the same letters as the word ‘silent’.” – Alfred Brendel.
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If you remember to listen today, what will you hear?
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At the The Nostalgia Diaries, our goal is to help you simplify, enhance, and engage your lives by focusing on the most important things: remembering, appreciating, believing, and becoming. It’s all about celebrating the past to create better days today.
Today it is all about listening. Love this wonderful reminder to really listen.
Hope you heard some beautiful, amazing things! 🙂
Very important!
Yes, it is!!
Love this! We really have forgotten to be mindful in these days
Listening is such an easy thing to do — but it’s also one of the hardest. It helps to have a reminder every now and then. 🙂
This is such an important reminder – listening seems like such a simple thing to do but in reality, to really listen means so much more.
Yes! And it means so much to the person you are listening to!
I always have to remind myself to listen. Thank you for this 🙂
Glad we could help you remember! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!
When we get going so fast it is easy to forget to stop and listen. I had a unique opportunity to do that with my 18-year-old daughter this week. It was just the two of us and it was amazing how much it of a difference it made to our relationship. She knows I care because I stopped to listen.
We’re so glad you and your daughter could make that amazing connection. The simple act of listening can say so much more — it can say, “I hear you. I love you. You matter to me.” — without ever having to say the words.
Such a beautifully worded post, it’s like poetry! I’m remembering to listen to Mother Nature and the wonderful song of spring She’s singing:-)
Mother Nature is a wonderful thing to listen to. She sings some of the most amazing songs. 🙂
What a beautiful post ! Thanks so much for sharing I will remember to listen today ❤️
Thank you! And thanks for stopping by!
What a great reminder….but what if when we listen all we hear is the kids screaming? LOL I guess we need to listen deeper and listen to the wonderful set of lungs that we were blessed with in that of our precious children!
Ha! Yes, sometimes the screams are hard to listen to. But you are right, how blessed we are to have those healthy children with those (really) healthy lungs! 🙂
This is so real! I feel like I should have a giant post-it note on my fridge with the word “Listen”!
-Elizabeth
confidentlyelegant.com
Hmm… you’re giving us some ideas, there! 🙂 Thanks for stopping by the blog!
What a good reminder. I spend so much time talking to my kids each day, sometimes I forget to LISTEN to them (and to myself…and everything else). What a great way to think about slowing down and being more mindful.
Listening to children means you learn some of the most amazing, wonderful (and sometimes scary) things… but having them talk is SO much better than having them not talk!
Wow, I love this post…I never realized that about “silent” and “listen” that’s beautiful.. sharing on twitter!
Isn’t that amazing — all the same letters! Thanks for reading!
Such an important reminder! and I absolutely love that quote by Alfred Brendel!
It’s such a good one!
When we get going so fast through our day it is easy to forget to stop and listen. This is a great reminder for me to slow down this weekend and really listen.
Sometimes it’s so hard to slow down, but it really can make all the difference in the world!
This is so beautiful with many great reminders for today! Thanks!
Glad we could offer some helpful reminders. Thanks for checking the post out!
Listening is such a lost art form in this day and age of hustle and bustle and go, go, go. I really loved this post <3
There seem to be so many “lost arts” these days. And unfortunately, one of them is listening, which is also one of the most important ones! Thanks for reading!
I remind my students to listen A LOT! They always want to start talking before someone else is done and they just aren’t listening to what the other person is actually saying.
Silly kiddos! 🙂
Ohh I love that little tidbit about listen and silent! Thanks for sharing!