If a tree falls in the forest with no one to head, does it make any sound? If I blog and no one reads it, have I said anything?
Speech is one form of communication. But if no one listens, is there communication? If there is no communication, is there speech? Or is there just babble?
The words spoken may be true and beautiful. But what is their value if no one listens?
How much of the speech that is the constant hum around us is valueless - simply because no one listens.
But when there are so many voices, how can I listen to them all? Is it the one that is the loudest that I hear? Or can I focus on another voice and hear it?
Do I hear the still small voice that has more value than the voice of the thunder? Or will I listen to the voice crying in the wilderness that speaks more truth than is heard in the palace or the temple?
Where is my focus? That is the important thing to me as a hearer. Is my heart set on the things that matter? Am I listening to the ONE who matters most? If I have ears to hear, am I listening?
But how about as a speaker? How do I get a hearing? That, indeed, is the question!
Will what I say have value? Obviously, I think it will - or why would I name this blog "Jewels from Jerry"? But will anyone else think so?
Only time will tell!
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