You are given two ears!....
By BethelSophia
@BethelSophia (538)
Philippines
August 1, 2012 11:25pm CST
Are you a good listener? or a good talker? ;)Most of the time relationship failed because the other party was not able to listen, but just keep on talking. We are given two ears for us to use, one ear is to receive the message and the other ear acts like exits of the messages that you've heard. As you can see our head as well as our heart is located in the center of our ears it is perhaps because of the role it plays our ear listens to the information our mind and heart weigh it and if it's bad the other ear will reject it and if it's good it will be in your heart and mind and be a part of your life. But the point here is are you a listener enough or just a hearer? sometimes in life we need someone who will listen to our cries, our stories, our thoughts. Sometimes we don't need someone who can give us a lot of encouraging word but just a patient ears to listen to us. For the parents they want that their child/children will listen to them and not only hear them; you might perhaps wonder why I said listener and not hearer; in my own opinion if you listen you do what that person says to you but if you are just a hearer, you're able to hear what that person say but there is no result of what you've heard. Well, to be a listener is for us to judge but for someone who's life was being touched by you because you listen.
8 responses
@angelkarah050182 (4980)
• Philippines
2 Aug 12
I think I'm a good listener. I love listening than talking. I only talk when I'm asked to or if the conversation is interesting to me and if I'm allowed to butt in. At home, I listen and I talk well. There are times that when I talk, I was stopped. Like I was talking nonsense. I guess my partner doesn't expect my point of views. However, I listen to him. I want him to talk about his thoughts, heartaches or problems but he isn't sharing them sometimes. He doesn't want me to worry but I am actually worried. What I do is I just always make myself prepared in circumstances that might happen and it's quite hard to prepare especially if money is involved. It's good to have a good communication. I admire some couples who are having enjoyable conversations with their partners. I hope someday we'll be like them, too. Enjoying good conversations with each other. Listening to each other and sharing each other's thoughts to each other. I guess it would be great for all of us.
@Inderjeetkaur (944)
• India
2 Aug 12
As you said, yes, there is a difference between listening and hearing. Listening means to listen something carefully, and hearing means to hear something just because it is audible. I have always been a good listener because I believe that the person who listens carefully turns out to be a good speaker.
@chariedeancubar (40)
• Philippines
2 Aug 12
We were given two hands to hold, two legs to walk, two eyes to see and two ears to listen. We have given two ears to hear more carefully. People can't communicate properly if they don't listen and absorb what other people say. That is the basis for many arguments that could have been avoided. We should listen twice as much as we talk. :)
@Axai2012 (371)
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2 Aug 12
I totally agree. I am more of a listener to be honest.Hearing is more of a technical aspect of listening.Listening is understanding hence being able to empathize to the talker. Sometimes by just listening to a person it is more reassuring but it takes a lot of patience as well.
