How
Good of a
Listener Are You?
Welcome to the world of multitasking, where we drive
cars while texting and talking on the phone, listen to music while we
study, converse while watching our favorite show. We have become
terrible at one on one conversations with others.
The mind is
constantly bombarded with idle chatter.
It’s never quiet. We are so pre-occupied we really are not
listening to what others are saying. Yet, we want to spend time with
another human being. Have you tried being in a conversation and
suddenly the person you are talking to text alarm goes off and they are
supposedly having a conversation with you while they text? It is
annoying.
People like that
should frustrate you. And if you are
one, you are losing potential friends and friends. Teenagers don't talk
to their parents, they don’t hear until they get in trouble
at
school or involved with drugs, alcohol or get arrested.
Hot lines are
buzzing day and night, someone has
something to say; they can’t tell it to those closest to them
so
they opt to share their innermost secrets with a stranger on the other
end of a telephone line. Are you one of those who talks all the time
but you really don’t hear anything but the person taking a
breath
so you can take control of the conversation.
A courtship has
enough challenges of its own so if that
person keeps answering their text messages while you are trying to
converse that should tell you where their interests are.
How to become a
better listener:
Look the person in
the eyes as they talk. Ask questions
related to what they are saying. Nod periodically. Give an uh-huh or
um-
m-m.
“There
are some things in life you are going
to miss out on because of the noise and busyness. . . God”
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