Listening is such a gift to those whom you are listening to. Lately I have noticed multiple people around me who are genuinely listening to what I am saying---and not just active listening---but empathic listening. It's incredible how understood I feel when people are genuinely listening with intent. It's almost surprising when you realize someone is truly listening when you are used to people who are "multi-task" listeners--it definitely caught me off guard.
I want to be a better listener. Recently I noticed that listening is not one of my greatest strengths(to say the least), and it's somewhat irritating. It's beyond listening---it's remembering that I truly struggle with.
An extraordinary amount of information has been squished into my brain over the years and it sometimes feels as if my capacity to retain more information is maxed out. Obviously this is far from the truth, but I have conditioned my brain to cram and barf....so this vicious cycle needs to stop.
I feel like it's in line with attaining over-all health too. A bulimic brain just can't be good for you.
Thus, I am going to practice genuinely listening this week and try to be intentional about listening and REMEMBERING! It such a gift when others listen and remember what I have to say, so I hope I can also give that gift to those around me.
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