listening. We all need a listener at one point or another, because a
listener can be a healer especially when we take time to hear the
underlying meaning in what others have to say. Listening can bring out
Everyone wants to say something, saying something can seem simpler than
miraculous results; just because listening is a difficult task, therefore,
we should not restrict it. Like Epictetus has said, “We have two ears and
one mouth so that we can listen twice of as much as we speak.”
Children want to speak about their curiosities, their new friends be it
their classmates, trees or even frogs as they start to merge into their
newly adopted world. It is certainly expected of children to mention about
things that are naive or simple, however, just by lending your ear to them,
you are helping them to overcome some worry, fear or anger. Listening to
your children allows them to open their world out to you right from the
beginning, because it can pre-resolve the volcanic problems that they might
encounter at later stages.
How loud do we have to speak so we can be heard? Can a slamming door be
indicated as something? May be it is about time that we have to sit beside
each other and work on some listening. Why does that mother not sleep well?
Is she coping well with her menopause or is there another side effect that
is being coarser? The teenager who is confined more to himself might be
going through bullying or on the verge or being a victim of drug abuse.
Does that son or daughter have something to reveal out?
Sometimes language is tacit, yet, if unheard it can cause disastrous
effects. Are the birds saying something? Hear what they have to say, may be
they are alarming us of a dangerous reptile. It might be still early for
some of us to hear the cries of the forests being slaughtered because we
still are availing our fair share of oxygen to breathe, the wood for our
furniture, or fuel for some businesses. Listen to mourn of that unborn girl
who is going the way dinosaurs have gone because of selective gender
choices. Is listening only possible with ears? Sometimes, listening
suggests many other gestures, such as, glaring, silence, the hands, and the
feet and even eyes may speak something. Listen; to that constant coughing
of those people walking in the hallway, it may bring your attention to
working on some serious sanitizing be it environmental or socially
impacting your neighbourhood.
Why are we so accustomed to hear the louder voices and sounds that block
not only our eardrums but also our ability to visualize? We hear the
political debates where candidates talk but we have to access the silence
to judge the accuracy. An impacting voice in certain capitalist
advertisement may have changed your wardrobe to a branded one. However, it
might not have been an evergreen choice to protect you against growing
rules of uprising generational indebtedness and harsh weathers. The louder
music may over activate our anxiety levels, however, sometimes a sound of
the blowing wind will perpetuate our thoughts and dispense out radical
ideas. Isaac Newton must have heard the apple fall before he actually
looked at it, or he could be waiting for it to fall, historians can better
answer that!
Do we not like listening at all? Or have we become selectively naive about
listening? Sometimes our ears may be too occupied with our chosen range
while some significant messages around us fall through the cracks, leaving
the voices remain unheard forever.
Listening and speaking together make a good communication but generally we
may find more speakers than that of listeners. Listening can also include
provoking someone to speak. Listening can be magical, the “home remedy” to
heal an ailment which may become malign, if avoided, and a serious wound
can be infectious not only to the family, but also societies and nations.
Pay attention, has someone just said, “Listen to me.”
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