I woke up early this morning, not used to the time change yet and unable to sleep. I blame it on the "new-to-us" mattress and sleeping in it for the first time. This morning I actually felt alert and awake and ready to just tell others how my weekend was. Then I realized that I talk WAY TOO MUCH!
Today my task is to be a better listener to others. By being a better listener we can better understand where a person is coming from, what they are feeling, and even how to respond back in a compassionate way. Sometimes others need to vent and they need someone to listen to. I realized recently how often I vent to a couple of friends of mine and how little I tend to listen. It's time now. I will work on zipping my lips and openning my ears.
I know this is short today and some of you may think its my way of getting out of doing a much longer blog. It's not. It's just that it's my time to start listening to you.
Hey no blaming me for the mattress. Maybe anticipation should be a subject. It is like when you are going out to eat somewhere and you think about it all day and then when you go there to eat the food just didn't live up to your expectations. You were so thinking you would automatically have a good nights sleep because of a different mattress. No matter what it will take some getting use to. Even my new one I wasn't sure the first few nights. Now I love mine.
ReplyDeleteAs with your writings, you have a lot of good things to say, and we can learn from you. You are correct that you need to be a listener at times, and since you realize it, you are in very good shape. And as for myself, I truly have not noticed that you have ever not been a good listener as well as being an excellent speaker too. No complaints here.
ReplyDeleteActually Michelle...it was so comofortble that JEff was so sound asleep that I couldn't get him to move over when he decided to take over the bed and so I slept on the edge and kept rolling into our nightstand. Last night was sooooooo wonderful though. I didn't want to wake up this morning. I wanted to stay under the covers.
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