Arts and Crafts
Listening can be an art
Not the sensory act of hearing
But listening
Really listening
And that means without an overlay
The personal spin that one wants to hear
When the message may or may not be
Exactly what you want it to be
I’ve fallen into that spin zone
More than once
Trying to hear what I want to hear
But not really listening to the message
And that can lead you astray
Because it’s the message
Not always the words
That really matter
I like to say
Guys need to hear something five times
Before they actually get the message
Something that sometimes confounds the smarter sex
But even then
If you’re just hearing
But not listening
You still don’t always get it
And then it can be not so good
As a matter of fact
It can be real bad
And then there’s no hearing or listening
So listen with your head
And listen with your heart
And be patient with both
Even if it takes fives times