When we explain, rationalize, justify, defend, and ultimately deny the feedback we are given, we may appear dull-witted to the one attempting to share. Our defenses render us unable to hear whats being said and often leads to both people feeling frustrated with and alienated from one another. Instead, try cultivating the habit of listening, without defending, to what the other says. Hold your silence as you look inside YOU, instead of at them, for the ways their feedback applies - even if not in the way they describe. Instead of slamming the door on communication, open a space by which the elements of truth may enter & grow you past the barriers of your own defenses.
Posted on: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 15:56:11 +0000