Here’s this week’s installment of Five Minute Friday. I missed last week’s exercise on FALL (in Illinois at my granddaughter’s graduation … another story), although I might post it independently.
Anyway, you might remember the task at hand is to write for five minutes on a specific prompt word. The initiative was started by Lisa-Jo Baker (http://lisajobaker.com/2013/06/five-minute-friday-listen/) who thought about writing and how often our perfectionism gets in the way of our words. And she figured, why not take five minutes and see what comes out: not a perfect post, not a profound post, just five minutes of focused writing.
This week’s prompt is LISTEN.
The timer is set … so here goes. {clock starts now}
Clear your mind … Stop what you’re doing … Turn off the background noise … And listen.
Listen to the silence … Listen to the birds chirping … Listen to the wind gently blowing through the trees … Listen to the rain gently tapping on the roof or window … Listen to the children playing in their own imaginary world … Listen to the words of your spouse … Listen to the quiet voices directing your steps, correcting you, guiding you on this journey of life.
You can’t listen if your mind is cluttered. You can’t listen if you’re distracted. You can’t listen if you’re too busy talking or your mind is too busy with mindless activity.
But if you can stop the clutter, the sound is unmistakable. Be still and know that I am God. STOP
Well, that’s it.
THOUGHT TO REMEMBER: Too many people itch for what they want without scratching for it.
The Light 
I love your post. Very sweet. Brings up idyllic memories….and you have listening to all the things that really matter highlighted. I really enjoyed reading. Blessings to you!
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Thank you. Yours was very poignant as well. We have such an awesome God who talks to us through the ordinary. We just have to take the time to listen. God bless.
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So true! Often times it isn’t some super extraordinary “fire from heaven” way He speaks….He often does use the ordinary. Bless you!!
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great post. i like your post. very well written .
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Thank you
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Love your last line about having an Itch but never scratching it! That is a huge reason why I started my Blog so I can help facilitate people scratching the itch for the life they want!
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New here, don’t know how this works. Where do we post what we write in five minutes. Anyway, too distracted with duties (long story) right now so won’t be responding to “listen.” Thanks for any help you can give me. Marcia
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You post it at http://lisajobaker.com/2013/06/five-minute-friday-listen/ at her site. Joe
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Thank you.
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