Deborah,

This is something that I have been struggling with for as long as I've been struggling with weight loss.  I see a lot of similarities.

#1  I know what I should eat.  / I know that I should listen more

#2.  I always start each day with a good solid plan of eating well  / I always enter a human interaction with the plan of using my two ears more than my one mouth

#3   Sometimes I do eat well / Sometimes I do listen.

#4   When I eat well - I feel like I've done something positive / When I listen I ALWAYS learn something.

#5.  When I eat poorly I am disappointed that I wasted a day / When I don't listen properly I am disappointed that I missed an opportunity to enhance my mind and prepare myself better to share what I've learned with others.

Great thought - thanks for posting.  Today, at least, I am going to use your thoughts to listen more.  Tomorrow - we'll see.