In 1956 environmentalist Sigurd Olson built a small cabin on the banks of a lake in northern Minnesota. The naming of lake homes is customary in the land of ten thousand lakes. Most names are rather predictable, but Olson was a little more intentional. His objective in building the cabin was to "hear all that was worth listening for." So he named it Listening Point.<\/p>\n\n
Susanna Wesley raised seventeen children in a very small home, so solitude was hard to come by. Her whispering spot was a rocking chair in the middle of the room. When she threw a blanket over herself, it turned into her tent of meeting. Perhaps that's what inspired her son John to kneel next to his bed.<\/p>\n\n
Thomas Edison had a "thinking chair.” Alexander Graham Bell had a "dreaming place" overlooking the Grand River. Henry David Thoreau skipped stones on Walden Pond.<\/p>\n\n
Then there was Ludwig van Beethoven. He sat at his desk until early afternoon and then took a stroll to reinvigorate his mind. He carried a pencil and a few sheets of music paper in his pocket to record chance musical thoughts.<\/p>\n\n
Your whispering spot will be as unique as you are, but you need to find a time, find a place.<\/p>\n\n