"Sometimes when you're trying to sleep, and all your doubts and your faith don't agree, it's 'cause-- sometimes the hardest thing to believe is the truth."
"Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry." --James 1:19
If I were to have to name one of the most important qualities in a friend, I think one of the qualities that would make the top of my list would be listening. Listening is so incredibly important to a friendship-- well, to any relationship, really. If there's no listening, then there's no real communication. And without communication every relationship will break down.
I am blessed to have a few good friends who will really listen to me. And not just listen to what I say, because oftentimes that comes out bungled and wrong and completely offensive. But friends who will listen to my heart, and see past all of the walls I put up, all of the craziness that goes on inside of me. Friends who will look past what I say, to what I actually mean. Even when I don't even know what I mean. Lol.
Sometimes it's so hard for me to listen, because I tend to believe that what I think is right, no matter what. And that's dangerous for a relationship. It's hard to be open to listening to what my friends have to say sometimes. It's hard to let my heart truly feel what the other person is putting out there, especially when I'm angry or upset. It's hard when I feel like I know what's right. It's hard when I don't think they know what they're talking about.
But when I do listen, I find that I never regret it.
vanessa ((
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