Listened More than we Spoke?

Papa always said be quiet around adults; my teachers always said, “quiet in class, no talking.” Even when I was in the Marine reserves the sergeants would say, “stop your grab-assing,” meaning our complaining. And when I was a retailer, the council leaders would tell us to stop our complaining.

Then my life changed; my wife and I had children; we listened to them; they were smart! They had intelligence! They had sane ideas! Ideas we could live with. They grew into strong intelligent adults.

Something else! After they went to college, I became a high school teacher; I tried a new approach; let the students talk! Then I started to teach in college where I presented a topic, selected a student and let the class run the subject discussion. It’s amazing how much I learned. It’s amazing how much we all learned. We listened more than we spoke.

P.S. I Love You. And I pray you love others.
Love is God’s symphony, the perfect beauty!

Russell Kendall Carter, BA. MAT. Dlitt.
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