Esther Verhoef - It has struck me that people seldom listen to the...

It has struck me that people seldom listen to the meaning of underlying words. There are only a few people who recognize the silence beyond the scream, the gentle weeping that hides beyond tough statements. They hear only the words, the sentences, when there is so much more to take in. People who are too self-absorbed to notice, really see or fathom others. Often, they don't even know themselves.