Best Consumer Protection Lawyers in Caldwell, ID

I've put it off long enough. For the past five years I've chosen a single word to frame my year - a word that provides not goals, but guard rails, focus and direction. I struggled with this year before landing on the word - my word for this year will be LISTEN. nnWhat does this mean? I've come to understand that whatever word I choose, the meaning and impact develops over the year. That being said, here is what I see to start. nn1. Listening is an action, a conscious decision to hit pause and be present. When my children were little, I found that when paused my busyness and I joined in with whatever they were playing, I learned so much about them. Now that they are adults, the same holds true. I'll humbly say that I do not do so often enough. Not for them and not with others.nn2. Listening is learning - new information, new perspectives, new skills. I want to be clear here that I do not believe listening requires that we absorb information with a blank mind. Listening must be done with curiosity and discernment. nn3. Listening is more than hearing. If it were a matter of simply hearing the words, it would be much easier. But it is not. We lie to each other. Are the actions consistent with the words ... what is really being communicated? ... Why? What priorities and values are expressed in action? nn4. Listening is impactful. What you listen to affects you, sometimes in negative ways. Am I allowing strife, negativity, divisiveness, hatred and anger into my heart - or am I guarding against it - pouring whatever is good and lovely and honorable into my soul.