Good Morning,
Door County Irish Cream Coffee has decorated the inside of my mug today and it is time to write.
Job 2:13 And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
We all have a tendency ( usually men) to intend to listen to someone during their personal crisis or issue but we ruin the moment by deriving a solution to their problem before they even finish speaking. We want to solve before we know all there is to know and very often we frustrate the one who is confiding in us.
When we are listening to someone in need of advice or just to be a sounding board, our job is to listen. We should listen so well that if we had to repeat what the troubled soul said to us we should be able to do it word for word. The less we say and listen more, our words might have a better impact. A true friend listens and waits on sharing an opinion or just continues to listen without jumping in with a half baked solution.
Food for thought???
Marty
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