LISTEN

Listening is powerful.

I mean really LISTENING.

Without thinking about what you should say next.

Without trying to convince them you are right and they are wrong.

Without projecting your standards on them. 

Without coming up with a counter argument. 

Without taking their words personally.

Without judging them for believing differently than you. 

Listening to understand their point of view.  

Listening to find out what makes them tick.

Listening to them as they really are, not as you wish they would be.

Listening to love them. 

I invite you to just LISTEN.