The Third Ear

 
Do you know that our hearts have ears?  Yes, they do.
In fact, the saying "Listen with your heart" makes more sense when we think this way.
Kindly rollover your mouse on the word heart below



Obviously, our heart’s ear will only be activated once we take out the ‘H’ and the ‘T’. 
‘H’ stands for HAZARDS and ‘T’ stands for TRAPS. 

HAZARDS

Prejudice is number one. We often judge people even before they open their lips. My first cousin Merly told me once that her colleague in the church abhorred me. I did not know the person and we did not even have any personal encounter. When I inquired why he hated me that much, I received no explanation at all. 

Fear harms both ways.
We fear of being disliked.
We fear of being exposed.
We fear of being rejected.
We fear that the person in in front of us has more 'H's and 'T's reserved for us.

Laziness is a killer.
It is the Hitler of any communication.
True listening is active and therefore it takes efforts.
To a lazy person, building relationships is not worth his/her energy.

TRAPS

TRAPS are dangerous. A trap appears enticing and inviting in the surface but in reality it's an abyss waiting for its victim. Status quos, government and office positions, religious beliefs, gadgets that set us apart from others, could be traps. If these things prevent us from truly encountering the person in front of us, then they're traps.

Listening with our hearts, therefore, is seeing the person in front of us as always new.
It means trusting the person in front of us that he/she thinks well of us.
It means taking every effort in knowing the other person more.
Listening with our hearts means relating with the person not because of what he/she has or has not;
It’s relating with the person as he/she is…

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