Don’t miss an opportunity to see the beauty of creation in the faces of the Creator’s daughters and sons. Be alert and ready to listen. Don’t miss an opportunity to hear God speak through the Scriptures. Listen to the prayers. Listen to the hymns. Listen to the voice. Listen. And remember that listening is not a passive activity. To listen to someone, really to listen, means to enter into a loving, caring relationship, where our actions are faithful, where what we do comes from what we hear, where we respect and value the insights and ideas of another, where we listen to another’s wisdom and foolishness, to another’s pain and joy. And when we refuse to listen, the relationship is soon broken.