Good Morning!

The wise in heart [are willing to learn so they] will accept and obey commands (instruction), but the babbling fool [who is arrogant and thinks himself wise] will come to ruin.  -Proverbs 10:8

You can learn a lot by observing and listening, not just in life but also in our spiritual life. God will talk to us in many ways, often through other people’s words and actions if we listen. Communication is important and needs to happen in order to move forward with anything, but talking a lot does not mean you are communicating well. With as short as our attention span is these days, I feel like being selective with our words is important and we need to make our words count. If we spend most of our time talking ourselves up we have less time to listen to what someone else might have to say. Cutting people off in conversation also minimizes what they are saying and promotes what you have to say as more important then what they are saying. To sum it up: listen intentionally, make your words count, and be respectful in doing so. 

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.”  -John Marshall

“Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.”  -Heinrich Heine

Dad Joke of the Day: 

I wonder what the part of my brain that used to remember phone numbers is up to these days.

Have a great Friday!