listening

Listening Presence

HEARING VS. LISTENING

There is a difference between hearing and listening.  Hearing is passive and requires nothing from us other than functioning ears.  On the other hand, listening is active and requires a kind of attentiveness.

I watched a couple conversing.  Both of them were deaf.  They could not hear, but they were listening intently to one another. . . .  Read more

Posted by Earther in Return to Eden, Under the Sun