Often I find myself looking at my phone, perhaps thinking of something else or many times thinking about my reply when someone is talking to me.
I’m not listening, although, we think that is listening, because that’s normal behaviour for most of us. We are thinking about our agenda.
However, for the person talking, it can lead them to think that you aren’t listening and you don’t care about what they have to say. The feel invisible.
One of the greatest things we can give to our fellow humans is conscious listening.
That means that all we are doing is listening to their words and engaging with them and actually looking them straight in the eye. We are paying attention to them and their words.
This this helps to make the other person feel seen and understood, which is something we all seek
True listening is an act of pure love for another.
Philip Dodson 