{"quotes":[{"text":"To be able to listen -- really, wholly passively, self-effacingly listen -- without presupposing, classifying, improving, controverting, evaluating, approving or disapproving, without dueling with what is being said, without rehearsing the rebuttal in advance, without free-associating to portions of what is being said so that succeeding portions are not heard at all -- such listening is rare.","author":"Abraham H. Maslow","tags":["advance","approving","being","classifying","controverting","disapproving","dueling","evaluating","free-associating","heard","improving","listen","passively","portions","presupposing","rare","really","rebuttal","rehearsing","said","self-effacingly","succeeding","wholly"],"id":7440,"author_id":"Abraham+H.+Maslow"},{"text":"There is immense power in an idea, because it unites people. It motivates them toward change. But the real power lies in their unity, in coming together – if enough can be rallied to a cause, no matter how ridiculous, it will be seen and heard.","author":"A.J. Darkholme","tags":["act","action","causes","change","heard","idea","improvement","noticed","power","seen","together","unity"],"id":8185,"author_id":"A.J.+Darkholme"},{"text":"Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard are sweeter.","author":"John Keats","tags":["sweet","sweeter","heard "],"id":17605,"author_id":"John+Keats"},{"text":"Individuals set boundaries to feel safe, respected, and heard.","author":"Pamela Cummins","tags":["boundaries","boundary","heard","respect","respecting-others","respecting-women","respecting-yourself","safe","safety"],"id":32553,"author_id":"Pamela+Cummins"},{"text":"I heard my teacher said 'great people make history'. I am not concern about 'great' or 'people' or 'history'. I am concerned about 'make' and it keeps me asking the next question 'how?'! They are Determined and Disciplined!","author":"Israelmore Ayivor","tags":["ask","concern","concerned","determination","determine","discipline","food-for-thought","great","great-people","heard","history","how","i-am","israelmore-ayivor","keep-asking","keep-me-asking","make","make-history","my-teacher","next","people","question","teacher"],"id":42828,"author_id":"Israelmore+Ayivor"},{"text":"Sometimes we just need to be heard… There are times in life when being heard leads to being healed.","author":"Steve Maraboli","tags":["healing","heard","inspiration","listen","relationships"],"id":80204,"author_id":"Steve+Maraboli"},{"text":"Heaven doesn't ignore cries of a broken heart.","author":"Toba Beta","tags":["broken-heart","heard"],"id":90057,"author_id":"Toba+Beta"},{"text":"Poetry is meant to be heard.","author":"Mary Oliver","tags":["meant to be","heard","meant "],"id":129423,"author_id":"Mary+Oliver"},{"text":"Your heart has a powerful little antenna and its pulses and vibrations can be felt throughout the universe.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["alive","antenna","awakening","being","concious","conscience","consiousness","energy","feelings","felt","heard","heart","life","life-forcealive","magnetic","magnetic-energy","magnetic-man","manifest","pulses","seen","spiritual","spirituality","truth","universe","vibrate","vibrations"],"id":140921,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"KINGDOM OF THE WOMBFrom her thighs, she gives you lifeAnd how you treat she who gives you lifeShows how much you value the life given to you by the Creator.And from seed to dustThere is ONE soul above all others --That you must always show patience, respect, and trustAnd this woman is your mother.And when your soul departs your bodyAnd your deeds are weighed against the featherThere is only one soul who can save yoursAnd this woman is your mother.And when the heart of the universeAsks her hair and mind,Whether you were gentle and kind to herHer heart will be forced to remain silentAnd her hair will speak freely as a separate entity,Very much like the seaweed in the sea --It will reveal all that it has heard and seen.This woman whose heart has seen yours,First before anybody else in the world,And whose womb had opened the doorFor your eyes to experience light and more --Is your very own MOTHER.So, no matter whether your mother has been cruel,Manipulative, abusive, mentally sick, or simply childishHow you treat her is the ultimate test.If she misguides you, forgive her and show her the right wayWith simple wisdom, gentleness, and kindness.And always remember,That the queen in the Creator's kingdom,Who sits on the throne of all existence,Is exactly the same as in yours.And her name is,THE DIVINE MOTHER.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["birth","body","child","creator","divine","divine-mother","divine-wisdom","exist","extistence","feather","female","females","gentle","gentleness","god","goddess","hair","heard","heart","kind","kingdom","life","mind","moms","mother","mother-poem","motherhood","mothering","mothers","name","patience","poem-mother","poetry-mom","poetry-mothersuzy-kassem","queen","respect","seaweed","seen","soul","speak","thighs","throne","trust","truth","universe","value","wisdom","woman","womb","women"],"id":142477,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}