Every week we have a meeting with our ‘contact brother’. My meeting goes something like this:
“Hello andy, how are you”
“Good thanks, I’ve been doing blah blah… how are you?”
“I’m good”
“Great”
<silence>
(Me) “Uhh… is there something you want to talk about?”
“Is there somthing you want to talk about?”
And this is where is gets really awkward, but then I start talking about whats on my mind, and I talk and talk and he listens and this is the thing:
He listerns in a way that means he completely understands what I’m talking about. He knows less about me then most of you (or he did), yet he is so simply listening that I feel completely understood and refreshed in having talked with him.
I have realised that this is something incredibly powerful. I have decided that if I do nothing else in life, learning to listen to other people would be a rear and significant achievement.
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Sounds very empowering to have such an opportunity to be heard; I’m delighted for you!
By the way, you already possess quite an ability to listen attentively and well. Not to mean that it cannot be improved – we can all keep developing that skill. But you are on the way, I reckon.
Lots of love,
Mum
That’s awesome! And I agree with your mum – you do already have an ability to listen well. You listened to me a lot back in our HLH days, which is something that was very significant to me. But I also agree that it is a skill that needs to be constantly practiced and worked on
Go you!
Very cool. And I’ll back the comments already made. You listen well. And it’s good.