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Becoming You by Listening.
5/12/2009 1:21:30 PM

We've heard and read plenty on what it means to be a good person and friend. But it's a choice we all have to make, to put others first and help them get what they need, and in turn we become more whole.

Here's an old legend I remember hearing a few years back regarding this.

Enjoy

The Eagle

The Eagle wasn't always the Eagle. The Eagle, before he became the Eagle, was Yucatangee, the Talker. Yucatangee talked and talked. It talked so much it heard only itself. Not the river, not the wind, not even the Wolf. The Raven came and said "The Wolf is hungry. If you stop talking, you'll hear him. The wind too. And when you hear the wind, you'll fly." So he stopped talking. And became its nature, the Eagle. The Eagle soared, and its flight said all it needed to say.

DON'T marry the wrong MLM company. You'll probably wind up a "battered spouse." Leroy Whitekiller yorelkw@yahoo.com
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Re: Becoming You by Listening.
5/12/2009 5:59:55 PM

Hello Leroy!

Thank You for posting a great Truth and a great Legend as well...

Here is a great video and song... "I am an Eagle"...

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I Am An Eagle
The Legends Project

I am an eagle
I make it look easy
I spread my wings
And I am tall.

You can put me in a cage
I'll just keep believing
'Cos you can't make pride
Feel that small.

I am an eagle
But I believe in the sparrow.
I am an eagle
I seek the goodness in men.
I am an eagle
The sky's growing narrow
And all I can trust is the wind.
All I can trust is the wind.

Raven's a trickster
He thinks he owns the sky
His tongue's on fire
With his lies.

Owl is the messenger
He says "who?", "why?",
But who among us fail to dream
When he cries... he cries.

I am an eagle
But I believe in the sparrow
I am an eagle
I seek the goodness in men.
I am an eagle
The sky's growing narrow
And all I can trust is the wind.
I am an eagle
All I can trust is the wind.

Born of thunder
Child of the storm
The air turns to rust
The mountainsides torn.

Coat me in moonlight
Bathe me in rain
I'm made of lightning
And I'll rise again.

I am an eagle
We're birds of a feather
I am an eagle
I seek the goodness in men.
I am an eagle
God wants us together
I am an eagle
But all I can trust is the wind.
All I can trust is the wind.
I am an eagle
I want to trust more than the wind.
 
Blessings,
 
Alain
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Re: Becoming You by Listening.
5/12/2009 6:23:39 PM
Thank you Alain, and thanks for the poem!
DON'T marry the wrong MLM company. You'll probably wind up a "battered spouse." Leroy Whitekiller yorelkw@yahoo.com
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Re: Becoming You by Listening.
5/12/2009 9:24:46 PM

Hello Leroy,

You are certainly giving me cause for in depth thought. 

Listening is a very important skill.

Some would say that hearing is listening.

Hearing is physical.

Listening is hearing with purpose.

To be good at listening there needs to be three basic skills: attention, attitude and adjustment.

To listen is to absorb the meaning of the words, or sounds.  Listening leads to understanding. 

Listening requires concentration.  To listen with concentration is to actively listen.

To actively listen to another is, in my mind, true communication.

Go well my friend,

Sylvia

 

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