Listening is kind of like a snowball. The more you do it the bigger you get, packed full of information. Occasionally you will pick up a few sticks, roll in a pile of waste, even hit a rock. But, if you persevere and keep rolling you will grow -grow in knowledge. From this growing knowledge you are able to elevate yourself higher and even possibly put more snowballs atop yourself. Doing this excels your intellectualness which, in most cases, enhances your ability to understand the sticky situations life rolls about. Understanding these situations elevates you and enables you to place more snowballs atop yourself, which transform you into a wonderful knowledgeable snow(wo)man. Makes sense? Kind of...maybe...? Basically, what I have found is the more you listen the more you learn and the more you learn the more understanding you are which equips you to handle life better. So listen, even if you have to hear things you may not want to hear. Because, although it may hurt in the moment, the pain will ultimately melt away and leave you a wiser, more elevated person (well of course depending on how you react to the situation).
Also, listening deepens your relationships. Imagine you are digging a whole. Listening is the shovel. Each funny story, heroic tale, prolonged tragedy, and the occasional boring epic you open your ears to strikes the shovel into the person. The more you listen, the more you learn. In this case you are specifically deepening your knowledge on a certain loved one. Knowing someone you care about helps you in all aspects of life. It enlightens you on yourself because you are choosing to spend your time with this type of person. And who you spend your time with says oodles about yourself. Purposeful listening that deepens your knowledge of a person also reveals to them how much you care about them. Simply asking a person about something they mentioned in passing means a lot. Think about a time when someone did this for you: They brought up a small detail. You felt ecstatic, right?! Like wow, I matter! It's the best. So why not open your ears and help someone feel super great and wanted? Confidence is not balancing a scale: you boosting someone's confidence will not decrease your own. Back to the original idea of how this deepens your relationship. Well, when you make someone feel wanted/just good about themselves they are more prone to open up to you because they feel you are a safe environment and will not judge their ideas/perception of the world. When someone is able to share how they truly perceive the world with you, you reach a whole new level in relationships. Its like you are digging deep enough to enter the innermost caverns of their soul. People have really cool souls; I highly recommend digging to all the souls you can. In simple terms, listening helps you learn. Listening helps you learn about the world. Listening helps you learn about others. Listening, even, helps you learn about yourself. And learning is beautiful way to light our dark world.
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