When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving me advice,
You have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way,
You’re trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problem,
You have failed me, strange as that may seem.
LISTEN! All that I ask is that you listen, not talk or do; just hear me.
When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself, you contribute to my fear and inadequacy.
But when you accept as a simple fact that I do feel what I feel, No matter how irrational my feelings,
Then I can quit trying to convince you and get about this business of understanding what’s behind them.
So please, listen and just hear me. And if you want to talk, Wait a minute for your turn and I will listen to you.
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