~!Listen More, Talk Less!~

* Shaz * wrote:

Learn To Be A Good Listener If you wish to grow in the spirit of understanding, you must let the other person talk and prove his point to his satisfaction. Do not interrupt him, while he is talking. You know how exasperated you become when someone interrupts you, while you are trying to prove a point. At committee meetings, these words have been uttered quite often:- “But let me finish!” Listen more, talk less. You are made to listen. That is why you have been given only one mouth and two ears. If we were meant to talk more and listen less, we would have been given only one ear, right in front, and two mouths on the two sides. How funny we would look! And, mind you, there is no door with which to close the ears: they are always open. Before a word can be spoken, it has to cross two fences – two rows of teeth and two lips. Therefore, think twice before you talk. Never forget that of the unspoken word, you are a master, of the spoken word, you are a slave. Words, once spoken, cannot be got back. A villager came to a town, to visit some of his relatives. In villages, till today, they cleanse their teeth with wooden sticks. When he got up in the morning, the villager asked for one. They told him that in the cities they had only toothpaste tubes. The villager had never handled a toothpaste tube. As he squeezed it, out flowed a foot-long strip of toothpaste. He was taken aback. “Is there a way to sending the toothpaste back into the tube?” he asked. They said to him:- “No way! Once the paste has come out, it cannot be sent in!” Likewise, words which have been spoken cannot be sent in. Be a good listener. Therefore, listen not only with the ears, but also with the heart. Better than talking is listening. And better than listening is to enter the silence within. He who believes in Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) and the Last Day should say what is good or remain silent (Muslim) Surah AL-AHZAAB 70.O ye who believe! Fear Allah, and (always) say a word directed to the Right: 71.That He may make your conduct whole and sound and forgive you your sins: He that obeys Allah and His Messenger, has already attained the highest achievement. He who keeps to silence will be safe (Tirmizi) Take to long silence. It is a means to drive away devil and helps you in your religion (Baihaqi)

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