<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">When Someone Deeply Listens</div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 19px;" class=""><br class=""></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">When someone deeply listens to you</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">it is like holding out a dented cup</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">you've had since childhood</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">and watching it fill up with</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">cold, fresh water.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">When it balances on top of the brim,</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">you are understood.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">When it overflows and touches your skin,</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">you are loved.</p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">When someone deeply listens to you,</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">the room where you stay</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">starts a new life</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">and the place where you wrote</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">your first poem</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">begins to glow in your mind's eye.</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">It is as if gold has been discovered!</p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">When someone deeply listens to you,</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">your bare feet are on the earth</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">and a beloved land that seemed distant</p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class="">is now at home within you.</p><div style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin: 0px 0px 16px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- John Fox</p><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>