by Paul Tillich
Listening, real listening is what most people fail to do...listening is done not only with the ears but with all of our being. It is compassion and a tolerance that another may say something you don’t want to hear......It is the courage to have your world view change....real listening is a gift and a duty in love that you give to another that tells them they are cherished and of worth. On Listening (Ralph Roughton)
Listening, real listening is what most people fail to do...listening is done not only with the ears but with all of our being. It is compassion and a tolerance that another may say something you don’t want to hear......It is the courage to have your world view change....real listening is a gift and a duty in love that you give to another that tells them they are cherished and of worth. On Listening (Ralph Roughton)
When I ask you to listen to me and you start by giving me advice, you have not done what I have asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin by telling me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to solve my problems, you have failed me, strange as it may seem.
Listen!
All I ask is that you listen, not talk or do ….. just hear me. When you do something for me that I can do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy. And I can do for myself. I’m not helpless...
