Listening

From an On Being podcast and Krysta Tippett:

“Listen for the voices of those who will not shout and will not throw themselves in front of a microphone.”

In all times, but particularly in the midst of a political campaign that will likely be a season of shouting and people throwing themselves in front of microphones, this settles in well.  Literally and figuratively, I tend to listen to the loudest voice.  Yet In the midst of the shouting and people grabbing microphones there are others, many others, who need to be heard and considered.