I've Been Lucky Enough To Live Through All The Things That Are Supposed To Give Meaning To Our Lives, Like Parenting, Grandparenting, Art, Celebrity. All These Things You Expect Meaning To Come From, And Sometimes It Comes When You're Not Expecting It.

-Alan Alda

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I've Been Lucky Enough To Live Through

Alan Alda

I've Been Lucky Enough To Live Through All The Things That Are Supposed To Give Meaning To Our Lives, Like Parenting, Grandparenting, Art, Celebrity. All These Things You Expect Meaning To Come From, And Sometimes It Comes When You're Not Expecting It.

Topic

Art

Giving

Grandparent

The Difference Between Listening And Pretending To Listen, I Discovered, Is Enormous. One Is Fluid, The Other Is Rigid. One Is Alive, The Other Is Stuffed. Eventually, I Found A Radical Way Of Thinking About Listening. Real Listening Is A Willingness To Let The Other Person Change You. When I’m Willing To Let Them Change Me, Something Happens Between Us That’s More Interesting Than A Pair Of Dueling Monologues.

Real

Thinking

Differences