Listen To The People You Love Best

I read this today in one of my medical magazines and found it so interesting. I remember Dr. Felt always telling wives that husbands have "selective" hearing...they only hear what they want to. I hope when I get remarried that my husband will love the sound of my voice and all the "rambling" that goes along with it!

"Listen to the people you love best as if you've never met them before. Don't assume that you know how they feel or what they're thinking. Listen for who they are now, what they're passionate about now, what delights them now."

I catch myself doing this frequently with Shea...assuming that I know what she would like, what she would choose, only to be wrong and quite surprised! I guess I need to be a better listener!

The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had.
Author Unknown

Silences make the real conversations between friends. Not the saying but the never needing to say is what counts.
Margaret Lee Runbeck