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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration

March 10, 2023

The focus for today's inspiration is:

I choose to be fully present when others are speaking to me.

Listening may seem passive, but it's not; in fact, it's almost the opposite. In many ways, being the listener requires more energy and concentration than being the one who does all the talking.

Think about a time when you really felt "heard" in a conversation. Was the person just sitting there, staring at you with a blank face? Were they looking around the room while you were talking? No. Even if they just let you talk, with no interruptions, you could probably almost feel their attention.

When someone is actively listening to you it's like they are really receiving the energy, the feeling, of what you have to say, and sending it back to you, without saying a word. They may nod their head, or they may smile, but they are fully present with you.

CONTINUE READING:
Today's inspiration was excerpted from the InnerSelf.com article:
     Learning How to Listen: Listening Is Active, Not Passive
     Written by Jamie Rose.
Read the complete article here.


This is Marie T. Russell, publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of being fully present when others are speaking to you (today and every day)

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The focus for today: I choose to be fully present when others are speaking to me.

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Shut Up & Dance! The Joy of Letting Go of the Lead -- on the Dance Floor and Off
by Jamie Rose.

Dance changed Jamie's life, and she discovered that she wasn't the only one. Over and over, the women she encountered at dance halls--women from age twenty to ninety_three--told her how falling in love with dance helped them fall in love with life again. The secret? Whereas before they may have worried that if they let go of their grip on things for a moment, everything would fall apart, now they knew that sometimes letting go of the lead is the best way to keep things together"--especially in a relationship. For anyone who has ever marveled at Fred and Ginger up on the silver screen (how could they be so in sync?), SHUT UP AND DANCE shows how to dance their way into a happier, sexier life--even if they never step onto a dance floor.

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About the Author

JAMIE ROSE has been a professional actor for more than thirty-five years. Perhaps best known for her regular role as Vickie Gioberti in the 1980s prime-time hit series Falcon Crest,at forty-five, Jamie Rose was an independent, take-charge woman whose career as an actor was going nicely, with frequent roles on hit television shows and in films. But there was one area of her life that wasn't working: her love life. But something magical happened when she signed up for tango lessons: she began to understand that letting someone else take the lead from time to time wasn't giving up, but rather, "letting go." In this wise and funny book, Rose shares with readers the life lessons she's learned from tango and other great partner dance traditions. Visit her author website at http://jamierosestudio.com/