I think I’ve mentioned how Monday mornings come way to fast. I only have a few minutes before it’s time to walk so today’s word on empathy is: Listen. In order to be able to deliver empathy, we have to listen, or in this day and age of text and instant messages, read. I’ve heard it said, “reading is fundamental”. We all have a need for righting the wrongs and being able to fix things. In our own selfishness or pride it’s easy to miss a detail in reading or writing a message. It’s easy to not hear something in conversation because we are too busying thinking up what our response is going to be.
In order to deliver empathy in a meaningful, honest manner, we have to take the time to hear what that person is saying/typing. As I’m writing this post, my yellow cat is biting my pen as if to say, “Are you listening? I want some kitty loving otherwise the pen is going to be your hand.” Sometimes we have to listen to the lingo not just the words. Learn to read between the lines before responding, otherwise it’s just lickspittle.
I leave you today with this short and sweet post. Listen to the lingo, live, laugh, and above all love. Jesus loved us so much, He came and died for us..
Have you ever responded to someone and missed a detail? Have you ever left out a detail and when someone responded back to you, it wasn’t the reply you were expecting because some detail was missing?
Cheers,
CRACKERBERRIES 
Like DB I can be guilty of jumping ahead and missing what’s being said. I think listening to the lingo and not just the words is a good tip, they say that 50% of the time, people mistake the tone of texts…
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I am guilty of listening, thinking of something to say to show I understand or to add, and then not listening to the rest because I didn’t want to forget what I wanted to say. I’m trying to let it go. Listen and if it still applies AND I can still remember what it was, then say it. If not, it probably doesn’t matter and it was more important to listen. Listening is poorly gone in general.
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listen , …it’s amazing how we miss the important things, …listening well is almost a dying art, …(maybe ‘ is we’re far too busy texting )
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I admit to being an impatient conversationalist and will ask a question but don’t hear the answer because my brain has moved on to something else. Then I have to apologize and ask again!
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