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BEING ME Being a listener
Listening is different to "hearing", taking effort and practice unless one is born a good listener! I hope that I am learning to be a better listener.
TIPS FOR GOOD LISTENING
Was Moses a listener?
TIPS FOR GOOD LISTENING
- Place yourself in the other person’s shoes.
- Create a conductive and physical mental space.
- Stop talking and try to be silent.
- Follow and encourage the speaker with body language.
- Practise the emphatic sounding-back technique – repeat and encourage, summarise and restate,
- Do not interrupt with what you feel or think about the topic being discussed.
- Ask meaningful and empowering questions.
- Wait for the person to open up.
- Use body language to express your interest.
- Try to reassure the speaker that all is well.
- Be attentive.
- Use encouraging words to show you are listening.
- Use non-verbal actions (head nodding, facial expressions) to show you are paying attention.
- Use encouraging words to invite them to continue (Tell me more). http://www.wikihow.com/Be-a-Good-Listener
Was Moses a listener?
The Hebrew
people, during the exodus, would come to Moses to seek God’s will. They brought their disputes to him, and he would decide between the parties, and inform them of
the decrees and laws given by God, which they were to follow. With so many people bringing disputes to him, this must have
taken a good deal of listening!
However, Moses' father-in-law, when he saw Moses serving as judge for the people, with them standing around him from morning till evening on the days that he took his seat as their judge, said that what he was doing was not good! He told Moses that he would wear himself out handling the work alone. So he suggested that Moses continue to teach the decrees and laws and show the Hebrew people the way to live, but to delegate officials to serve as judges - listening and making wise decisions.
This story is in Exodus chapter 18.
However, Moses' father-in-law, when he saw Moses serving as judge for the people, with them standing around him from morning till evening on the days that he took his seat as their judge, said that what he was doing was not good! He told Moses that he would wear himself out handling the work alone. So he suggested that Moses continue to teach the decrees and laws and show the Hebrew people the way to live, but to delegate officials to serve as judges - listening and making wise decisions.
This story is in Exodus chapter 18.
Garden Leaf Ginseng
Leaf ginseng (Talinum triangulare), also known as Water leaf, is in the Portulacaceae family. It is a cooling plant from SE Asia, and is eaten in salads, stir-fries, soups etc
Several leaf ginseng are growing around my garden as they have been very easy to propogate with cuttings. This hardy herb with its tidy appearance, delightful pink flowers, and shiny green leaves which catch the sunlight, always looks clean and tidy.
Leaf Ginseng reduces body heat and increases energy levels.
Once leaves are added to a dish, do not overcook as the leaves are mucilaginous. The edible flowers can be used as a garnish.
In most warm climates, Leaf Ginseng, which grows to about 60 cm tall and 60 cm wide, is perennial but in cooler areas it can easily be treated as an annual.
It is neat and tidy in the garden, especially if it is regularly harvested. It requires little care and is tolerant of some neglect.
In full sun it produces more abundant growth but will grow in more shaded areas when the leaves do become larger and a little darker.
The leaves can be harvested while the plant is still quite young and having a few plants, dotted around the yard can supply highly nutritous steaming greens for any family.
It will self seed, though not always where you thought it would as the tiny pods explode and scatter seed in mid-summer.
http://www.australiangardener.com.au/viewitem.php?productid=300
Leaf ginseng plants can be obtained from the link above $6 per plant
Hoping that your garden plants give you energy and vitality.
from Robyn
Several leaf ginseng are growing around my garden as they have been very easy to propogate with cuttings. This hardy herb with its tidy appearance, delightful pink flowers, and shiny green leaves which catch the sunlight, always looks clean and tidy.
Leaf Ginseng reduces body heat and increases energy levels.
Once leaves are added to a dish, do not overcook as the leaves are mucilaginous. The edible flowers can be used as a garnish.
This lovely, bright green foliaged plant with the pretty pink flowers is a gardener's delight.
In most warm climates, Leaf Ginseng, which grows to about 60 cm tall and 60 cm wide, is perennial but in cooler areas it can easily be treated as an annual.
It is neat and tidy in the garden, especially if it is regularly harvested. It requires little care and is tolerant of some neglect.
In full sun it produces more abundant growth but will grow in more shaded areas when the leaves do become larger and a little darker.
The leaves can be harvested while the plant is still quite young and having a few plants, dotted around the yard can supply highly nutritous steaming greens for any family.
It will self seed, though not always where you thought it would as the tiny pods explode and scatter seed in mid-summer.
http://www.australiangardener.com.au/viewitem.php?productid=300
Leaf ginseng plants can be obtained from the link above $6 per plant
Hoping that your garden plants give you energy and vitality.
from Robyn
Robin in a flowering gum
Painted by Brenda, Robyn’s mum