There are levels of seeing. We can merely look at something, letting the visual scene register like a photograph; it's just there. Or, we can look so that seeing brings with it understanding. Yogi Berra is reported to have said, "We can observe a lot just by looking." The new relationships that are opened to us give rich meaning to our lives. The same interpretation applies to the act of hearing. A wife says with a tired voice, "I'm going out for a walk a long walk," a deep sigh, " a long, long, long walk." The husband says nothing. In a few hours she comes back and tells him how upset she is over a certain issue. He looks up from the paper and says, "Well, why didn't you tell me you were upset? Then I could have done something about it."

"Why didn't I tell you? Why didn't you hear me when I said I was going out for a long, long, long walk?" "I heard you, but you like to walk."

The man had evidently heard but not well enough to understand.