this is my first post.
only good vibes!!!
About Me
- CJ Dorgeloh
- CJ is a facilitator, writer, and go-to organizer of community building projects. She's currently enjoying her newest adventure, pursuing her master's degree in Conflict Studies & Dispute Resolution at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. www.growthworksconsulting.com
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Good vibes and great hugs to you---and very best wishes for this great idea you are putting into practise, making it real. You talk real talk CJ and make the world a better place for it. Good on ya. Pearl
Listen.
Sometimes listening is active, sometimes passive.
It is a mistake to assume someone is not listening, as they just might do it their way, the way they were taught, or in another way than we do.
I hear your soul.
Sometimes we may hurt a sensitive person who tries very hard to listen with more than ears or mind....... a kind of spiritual synthesesia perhaps..... when we don't understand their way of listening. They may listen for other things than we do. One size does not fit all. Every ear is shaped as individually as a fingerprint.
Listening can be cultural, gender based, and/ or playful.
Musicians and meditators hear differently. So do artists and those with autistic tendencies. They also play differently, feel differently, and understand....
Since words and sentences can mean different things to even similar people, our meanings may easily be misunderstood.
I have recently learned that, for some, listening means asking the right questions.
For me listening means being present and reflective. Not reactive. It hurts when my listening is not heard.
I listen the best I can in the best way I know how. I pray that the person feels understood.
We should not feel angry if we are misunderstood. It is not good to take ourselves too seriously. Perhaps we don't always hear "when someone is listening"...... a different kind of misunderstanding.
I hear you, and I am truly trying to understand. I can only hope that neither of us speaks or listens with his or her cultural or personal baggage. I think the important thing is to try.
We should reward the few who earnestly try to listen, not berate them if they don't "get us." With kindness, play, through not taking ourselves too seriously we can learn to hear as we need to be heard. With time we can learn how.
I need it to be heard that "i"/"I" am listening.
Now here is a sweet kiss on your earlobe and a whisper of "Namaste dearest"
"Can you hear me now?"
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