{"id":1725,"date":"2016-02-05T00:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/mission-and-identity\/?p=1725"},"modified":"2019-09-18T16:47:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T20:47:59","slug":"feb-5-lots-of-listening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/poetry\/2016\/02\/05\/feb-5-lots-of-listening\/","title":{"rendered":"feb 5 – “Lots of listening”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Friday, \u00a0February 5 –
\n<\/strong>“When Thou commandest me to sing
\nit seems that my heart would break with pride”<\/strong><\/p>\n

We are a university, where people listen, take each other seriously. \u00a0Teachers listen to students. \u00a0 When I taught full-time, some students told me one day that I was most scary when one of them would say something and I would turn around and write her\/his words on the board, circle one word then turn around and ask: \u201cWhy did you choose\u00a0that<\/u>\u00a0word?\u201d<\/p>\n

Teachers do that. \u00a0Listen for the voice, call it forth; expect respect for words. \u00a0 Not only teachers though. \u00a0Universities call on students to listen to each other, to expect meaning from each other. \u00a0 \u00a0 Administrative assistants, \u00a0staff in the registrar\u2019s office, \u00a0nurse practitioners in the student wellness center, \u00a0campus security officers, coaches; \u00a0lots of listening. \u00a0 \u00a0On good days, each of us knows that. \u00a0And on hard days, maybe one of our peers will notice and ask how we are doing, and listen to our story.<\/p>\n

Rabindranath Tagore writes of God expecting a song from human beings, thrilling us by sacred attention.\u00a0\u00a0(Gitanjali # 2) \u00a0 {Posted before on January 5, 2015}<\/p>\n

Have a good weekend.<\/p>\n

john sj<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Tagore # 2<\/p>\n

When Thou commandest me to sing
\nit seems that my heart would break with pride
\nand I look to Thy face
\nand tears come to my eyes.<\/p>\n

All that is harsh and dissonant in my life
\nmelts into one sweet harmony
\nand my adoration spreads wings like a glad bird
\non its flight across the sea.<\/p>\n

I know Thou takest pleasure in my singing
\nI know that only as a singer I come before Thy presence
\nI touch by the edge of the far spreading wing of my song
\nThy feet which I could never aspire to reach.<\/p>\n

Drunk with the joy of singing
\nI forget myself
\nand call Thee friend
\nwho art my lord.<\/p>\n

Tagore\u00a0\u00a0Gitanjali<\/u>\u00a0 # 2<\/p>\n

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