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# Cherokee wisdom
- URL: https://www.gilespcroft.com/cherokee-wisdom/
- Published: 2026-04-23T06:00:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-25T22:35:34.000Z
- Description: What is it they say? Two ears and one mouth? 👄
- Author: Giles P Croft
- Tags: Attention, Listening, Wisdom, Relationships, Quick insight, IMPLICATIONS, Hafiz

A while ago [I wrote](https://www.gilespcroft.com/always-creating/) that I'd found a book at a friend's house, called [*In Beauty May I Walk*](https://amzn.to/4bnXyyl?ref=gilespcroft.com)*: Words of Wisdom by Native Americans.*

And I'm tempted to get this one tattooed somewhere:

> ***“Listen!*** 
> ***Or your tongue*** 
> ***Will make you*** 
> ***Deaf.”***

> \~ Cherokee saying

Could this be another form of doing [one thing at a time](https://www.gilespcroft.com/one-thing-at-a-time/)?

😶

Giles

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