![]() ![]() Other times it is essential that you listen fully. Sometimes it’s sufficient to make a few acknowledgments so they know you are there, other times they prefer to go in and out of communication which makes selective listening plenty. Sometimes kids need to be quiet, sometimes they need to chatter away and they don’t care who is listening. With children, most listening approaches have some sort of merit. ![]() People who don’t listen well either don’t understand that it requires effort, or they are not willing to commit that effort. As a listener, you are both giving and receiving. You determine that the person is valuable to you, and you invest your will to love in the form of attention. ![]() When you genuinely love someone, you listen as an act of love. Love takes work, and this effort requires attention.īeing a good listener is the best way to demonstrate attentiveness. You can only expand your limits through deliberate effort. Love can be measured by effort and energy. We tend to expect love to be easy, rejecting the notion that love takes work-and believing that, if it does, it’s not “true love.” But effortless love is a myth. Keep reading to better understand how and why love takes work. He also discusses when love isn’t worth the effort. He argues that listening with full attention is a critical act of genuine love for parenting and other types of relationships. Genuine love takes work, and work requires attention. Like this article? Sign up for a free trial here.ĭo you believe in effortless love? Or do you think that love takes work?Īccording to psychiatrist M. Shortform has the world's best summaries and analyses of books you should be reading. This article is an excerpt from the Shortform book guide to "The Road Less Traveled" by M. ![]()
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