Listening is such a
simple act. It requires us to be present, and that takes practice, but we don’t
have to do anything else… [Margaret J. Wheatley]
Really, if I had just had the tiniest inkling of how
wonderful it is to Listen, really to just LISTEN to another person, I might BE
living an entirely different sort of Life.
I might’ve NOT been alone so much of the time. NOT that
alone isn’t wondrous, too, but there have been long stretches of handling
aloneness as loneliness with liabilities. Yet, were I to have been a true
Listener, perhaps I’d have been more “wanted” by those who grew tired of Having To listen to me. Over and
over and over…
… We don’t have to
advise, or coach, or sound wise. We just have to be willing to sit there and
listen. [M.J.W.]
I’ve been the sort of listener who assumed I was to have
snappy words to “come back” AND answers, suggestions, and insights. I’ve spent
60% of my time planning what to say when with 100% given to listening, perhaps
I’d have discovered that this is what we all want. Really.
Courage is what it
takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and
listen. [Winston Churchill]
I’m listening…
I love you, Currie
1 comment:
True! I think when people are lonely they are more missing being listened to than listening to. Says a lot about us humans and our egos, doesn't it? ;)
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