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Got a problem?  Go ahead and talk it out........I'm listening..........

Shhh.....set really still. Do you hear that? What is it? If you really still - what new sounds do you hear? 

How many can you count?

I'm hearing ( of course ) the ringing in my ears

 - the humm of the refigator

 - the quirkey noises inside my computer ( it's really old )

 - the uneven tapping of my poor attempt to type out this message.

1.   Don't assume you'll know exactely how to respond to someone - before you've actively lissened to what they have to say. Keep an open mind.

2.    When someone else is speaking - be curtious enough to look at them. Maintain eye contact.

3.   Body language is important. Both ways. If you're watching you'll catch some clues as to what they're saying and you'll keep the conversation flowing by - relaxing, keeping your arms and legs uncrossed or making nervous gestures  such as taping your fingers on a table.  Leaning in toward the speaker and smiling is also helpful.

4.   Picking out spacific details - rephrasing  them in your own words and then asking questions also helps.

5. Lastly - when they are done speaking - you think carefully as to how you will respond.

Sometimes instead of

running of at the mouth

 - it's best to lissen. 

  The answer  is there in

 the soft whispers of the

wind.

Ask and you shall receve.......

now I know the answer( at least for me ) is to be more active. Thanks GOD for droping that opportunity  right into our laps.

 ........I'd gotten an e-mail yesterday about doing a Toastmaster type program in a local prison.  One that hubby  just happened to have worked for, about 30 years ago.  Hubby had been saying he wanted to do something like this.....for months and months.

It's like - it( the opportunity) just dropped out of the sky. Like it was man ( GOD) made just for us. There are so many plus sides to this I've stopped counting. All I can say is  THANK YOU - THANK YOU - THANK YOU