Why would anyone offer to listen, free of charge, to strangers as they share their deepest experiences? When Helena Dea Bala found herself confronting a profound lack of meaning in her life, she had a surprising and unexpected conversation with a homeless man she met outside the building where she worked. The depth of their sharing was so alive she wanted more. Eventually she would leave the career she had built as an attorney to listen to strangers every day as they poured their hearts out. Lending an ear gave her life more fulfillment than she could have imagined, and the stories she heard evolved into a book!