Listening and hearing

I sometimes have those days when everything just clicks. The things that you've been hearing for so long or maybe not even that long, make sense. I have found that there is a difference between hearing and listening. When you listen to someone you don't necessarily care or you have a different agenda on your mind. Whatever it is, your not all there. I've realized that most people, me included, listen a lot of the time. We are so concentrated on what we have to do next that we aren't really hearing the people we might be talking to.
Thats when it hit me today. The people in my life who I actually hear, are the people that I care so much about. Not hear and then that's it, but hear in the sense that I'm fully there. In my head there is nothing else going on. I am fully devoted to hear what they have to say and respond to them. I keep track of the things they tell me because to me it's a never ending story. Their life continues and I not only want to be apart of it but I want to hear the ending. And they want to hear my story. It's those people in my life who are my family. I know I have my biological family. But there is also my family...who is with me all the time. My friends. The people who I love investing time in and going through life with. The people who care for me as I care for them. And I am so blessed to have them in my life. God has truly provided me with amazing relationships that I wouldn't trade for anything.
I don't think I can tell them enough how much I love and care for them and how I love growing with them. So to my family...I love you guys and am so thankful for everything share. I am so blessed to have each of you in my life and I know God is taking us places and I'm so excited that I get to share it with you. Thank you for being so freaking amazing! I love you and cherish every moment I spend with you.