Open Up Your Ears

I find as I get older the sound of my own voice is a little annoying. I used to enjoy speaking, about anything really, the weather, the boy down the street, how many licks it took to get to the center of the tootsie pop; I was there for conversation. Now it seems wasteful. Everything that comes out of your mouth has a significant meaning to someone, however small it may seem. So why waste your words when there is so much to learn? When what I say is so ignorant in comparison?

I have always been told when your mouth is open, your ears are closed. There is truth to that statement. I have spent my life speaking far too many pointless words. I need to listen more. There is a lesson in everything. Everything you do, every where you go, every one you meet, there is a lesson. And I want desperately to learn.