LISTEN TO OTHERS

LISTEN TO others.

We all are busy in our life. We all are facing the battle of depression and anxiety. Life has become difficult and challenging ever since technology has become fast forward. Time has engulfed our schedule. Distance has destroyed our relationships. Days are slipping like minutes and we are on a journey to become materialistic.

The world has become a whirlpool of downheartedness and dejection. The most heart-wrenching part, we all are drowning into it. Instead of pulling each other up, we are pushing ourselves and also others into the endless pit. .

At the time of despair and downturn, we need to understand each other. We need to give time. We need to listen.

But how shall we understand each other? By what means we can cement the gap between us?

Listen to them.

Ask yourself, when was the last time you listened to your loved ones genuinely? When was the last time you approached your closed ones and asked them about their condition? Did you ever give them a chance to talk? Did you ever leave a note for them? Did you ever take them to a coffee shop and spoke for at least minutes?

"When you don’t listen well, you don’t understand well"

We all have come across a situation where we are constantly checking our notifications. You earnestly listen to the beep- beep sound of your messages. The hope and excitement on your partner’s face fades like a morning star. They experience embarrassment. They experience anxiety at. Is this the way to approach your closed ones? Is this the way you handle people’s emotions? 

I have seen people in my life who didn’t have energy to listen for even a minute! They cut the conversation as soon as the opposite partner starts weeping about his/her conditions. How heart-wrenching is this?

Lot of students are getting failed just because they are not getting chance to explain their interest and priorities. Lot of women around the globe are going under depression because men won’t listen to them. Best friends become strangers for they did not listen to each other well. The old citizens are becoming a living statue in old age homes for they have never got chance to explain themselves to their children! Likewise, the whole world is facing the ‘listening issue’ and this disease must be in control before it becomes endemic.

No matter how far we reach or how far the technology take us. We are still humans by hearts! We still want our closed ones to listen us. You don’t want to shed tears in front of them. Just sit beside them. Caress their back. Wipe their tears. Listen what they want to say. Understand them. Don’t speak. Don’t cut their conversation. Don’t try to give free “Bashans”. Nobody wants to hear that! Heal their wounds. They need your presence. They need you.

Nazeef manegar.