"Time to Listen" by Susan Pearl

I remember well when a lady explained to me that not only does a lighthouse have a light for warning, but, it also has a very loud foghorn.
She said that when it was foggy the lighthouse would sound the foghorn and she said it was fierce for those living close but the sound could be heard from a distance for safety to others.
Another time I remember being shown that a shepherd will use his shepherd staff and tap the rocks to show the sheep where he is when they can not see him.
The sheep will hear the sound and know where to go.
The reason I am writing this is to say that there are times when we just have to listen for direction.

To listen is a wonderful part of our journey because we truly will know and recognize the moment we hear the direction for us to go when needed at certain points in our life.

It will be familiar to us.

Sometimes the sound can be a warning such as in the case of a foghorn.
Sometimes the sound can be comforting such as in the sound of a shepherd staff tapping on a rock.
There are so many different circumstances and settings that-
 sometimes, all we can do is to "listen" for direction.

It will come.
 
Meanwhile, all we have to do is to go about our life and listen.  We will know and recognize the direction we should go when we hear it.