Many of us are trained to analyze problems and create solutions. We forget that a relationship is not a project to be completed or a problem to solve.
A relationship calls for sympathetic listening with a view to understanding the other person's thoughts, feelings, and desires. We must be willing to give advice but only when it is requested and never in a condescending manner.
Most of us have little training in listening. We are far more efficient in thinking and speaking. Learning to to listen may be as difficult as learning a foreign language, but learn we must, if we want to communicate love.
- The Five Love Language
Tuesday, November 06, 2007
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