If you counsel or comfort others ‑ or even if you’re simply a friend who wants to become a better listener ‑ try this big shift in your orientation: assume they will never change! Or pretend they just cannot hear your advice. Or pretend you don’t understand their problem.
Listening 101
To Do This Week

Okay, I’ll tell you ahead of time: This one is not easy. You will not take to it naturally. Just take in someone's hurt, not shielding yourself, not trying to fix anything, letting it kill you. What it kills, you need to get rid of. Let it go. You will be blessed, lightened, returned to the still place.

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