How often do we say, “Listen!” or “Listen up!” or “Will you listen to me?!” The same concept exists around the world: parents to children, teachers to students, coaches to athletes. We all use these words. But do we abide by our own demands? And what voices do we attend to? For me, the repeated lines of Proverbs, “Listen to my words” are the imperative. J.R. Moehringer in his memoir The Tender Bar cuts to the chase,Life is all a matter of choosing which voices to tune in and which to tune out, a lesson I learned long before most people, but one that took me longer than most to put to good use.
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