![]() In the next years, the hardening spreads from the center, as one finds and fixes the facets of the soul, until "I am" is set, delicate and detailed as an insect in amber. The process of encapsulation goes on, to reach its peak in the glossy shell of adolescence, when all softness then is hidden under the nacreous layers of the multiple new personalities that teenagers try on to guard themselves. The bones of the face emerge at six, and the soul within is fixed at seven. Looking at them, you can almost see it, sturdy as heartwood, glowing through the translucent flesh. In the second year, the bone hardens and the child stands upright, skull wide and solid, a helmet protecting the softness within. ![]() ![]() That thing that says "I am," and forms the core of personality. So, learning to listen well won’t happen overnight. Too often we are slow to hear, quick to speak, and quick to anger. It’s simple enough in principle, and nearly impossible to live. Holding them against you, they melt and mold, as though they might at any moment flow back into your body.īut from the very start, there is that small streak of steel within each child. Listening is an art that requires attention over talent, spirit over ego, others over self. The charter text for Christian listening might be James 1:19: Let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger. Their joints are melted rubber, and even when you kiss them hard, in the passion of loving their existence, your lips sink down and seem never to find bone. If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and. But when you live with them and love them, you feel the softness going inward, the round-cheeked flesh wobbly as custard, the boneless splay of the tiny hands. Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery. This is a life lesson that might take an entire lifetime to learn and master. Anyone looking at them can see the tender, fragile skin and know it for the rose-leaf softness that invites a finger's touch. Shel Silverstein The build up to this line advises to listen to all of the naysayers in the world, and then take what they say and throw it all away.
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