Alvarado letter: Art of listening

Thank you, Dr. Dan Zuckerman (March 6, “With no time to lose, a Treasure Valley cancer doctor gets real”). Would that more could put aside everything in a world spinning ever faster to practice the art of listening and absorbing the truths they are offered. What is a chance encounter to one might be the whole world to another. I am humbled to know that this quality of reflection and honesty still exists.

Also, thanks to Dan Long of Eagle. Reading his Letter to the Editor (also in March 6 Statesman) gave me hope that with time, patience and respect, our wonderful country might yet recover itself and be true to its ideals.

This story was originally published March 22, 2017 at 5:40 PM with the headline "Alvarado letter: Art of listening."