To listen is to continually give up all expectation and to give our attention, completely and freshly, to what is before us, not really knowing what we will hear or what that will mean. In the practice of our days, to listen is to lean in, softly, with a willingness to be changed by what we hear.

  • -- Mark Nepo 马克·尼波

倾听就是不断地放弃所有的期待,把我们的注意力完全地、新鲜地放在我们面前的事物上,而不是真正地知道我们将听到什么或那将意味着什么。在我们的日常生活中,倾听就是轻轻地向前倾,愿意被我们所听到的改变。

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Learning is a result of listening, which in turn leads to even better listening and attentiveness to the other person. In other words, to learn from the child, we must have empathy, and empathy grows as we learn.

学习是倾听的结果,而倾听又能让你更好地倾听和关注他人。换句话说,要向孩子学习,我们必须有同理心,同理心随着我们的学习而增长。

There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.

有一种方式自然说话,土地说话。大多数时候,我们只是没有足够的耐心、足够的安静来关注这个故事。

The human mind always makes progress, but it is a progress in spirals. (L'esprit humain fait progres toujours, mais c'est progres en spirale.)

人的思想总是在进步,但它是螺旋形的进步。(我的精神进步很大,但这是螺旋式的进步。)

I daydream just like everybody else. I just do it with my body facing the field, so everybody thinks I'm paying attention.

我和其他人一样做白日梦。我只是让我的身体面向球场,所以每个人都认为我在集中注意力。

There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

曾经有一段时间,在花蕾中保持紧绷的风险比开花的风险更令人痛苦。

Being heard is so close to being loved that for the average person they are almost indistinguishable.

被倾听与被爱是如此之近,以至于对一般人来说,它们几乎无法区分。