Myriam Ben Salem🦋
1 min readAug 10, 2023

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Instead of listening to respond, listen to understand. Instead of listening to the words, listen to the body language and emotions. Instead of listening with the ears, listen with the heart! (Paraphrased Covey's brilliant work)

I think there is a big difference between listening and "actively" listening... ANYONE can listen (okay... except for narcissistic people who listen only when they need to gather data about their target). Actively listening, on the other hand, requires tons of inner security, humility, genuine compassion, and healthy boundaries so that we don't absorb what's not ours... It is extremely hard since the pre-requisite is having already worked on the major part of our distorted subconscious program to unleash that servant leader in the first place... that's why I care about the topic so much... it's the miraculous solution to all humanity and the Universe problems created by humans, it seems to me! 💙

I think there is a big difference between listening and "actively" listening... ANYONE can listen (okay... except for narcissistic people who listen only when they need to gather data about their target). Actively listening, on the other hand, requires tons of inner security, humility, genuine compassion, and healthy boundaries so that we don’t absorb what’s not ours... It is extremely hard since the pre-requisite is having already worked on the major part of our distorted subconscious program to unleash that servant leader in the first place... that’s why I care about the topic so much... it’s the miraculous solution to all humanity and the Universe problems created by humans, it seems to me! 💙

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Myriam Ben Salem🦋
Myriam Ben Salem🦋

Written by Myriam Ben Salem🦋

A fur Momma, animal lover & advocate, lifelong learner, storyteller, edutainer, and published author. I write personal stories and essays.

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