Sunday, May 17, 2009

listening and hearing

i was once asked by someone really special about why i found it hard to express my real feelings without giving a damn about what other people thought! at that point in time i really had no idea what the hell she was actually saying but years later when i sit thinking about it i realise now that maybe i should have paid more attention.

i was once asked by someone really special about why i found it so hard to speak the truth and believe in it with full conviction! at that point of time i knew that i wasnt going to pay any attention to this lecture but years later when i sit thinking i realise that i should have really listened and not just heard.

i was told by a really smart person who i had known for about 5 minutes before he told me this- "there is always a difference with listening and hearing!" i argued all the way but gave up towards the end when all he said was this- "if you had listened and not just heard what i said you would have won this argument! i was just spinning words to prove a point!"

2 comments:

nishath said...

i was once threatened by a person saying that they would delete an entire account based on the possibility that i comment on it. maybe i should pay more attention. but if i were to be doing the same thing as MJ here, then i would be rather hearing rather than listening.

and i guess everyone wants to be listened once in a while. including MJ and NN. but as u see. we rarely listen to each other.

and this proves ma verdict on this one - this is good, not ur best. u cud have used the elaboration quite a tad more. coz i seem to get a lil similarity between the second and the last para.

hope our listening skills improve over time.
cheerios

Parnika said...

I like the way this is written..the repetition especially..

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