“Hearing is passive. Listening is active. The best listeners focus their attention and recruit other senses to the effort. Their brains work hard to process all that incoming information and find meaning, which opens the door to creativity, empathy, insight, and knowledge. Understanding is the goal of listening, and it takes effort.”
― You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
― You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters
“A reminder for the tough times One day this will be over. And we will be grateful for life in ways we never felt possible before.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“There will be other days. And other feelings.”
― The Comfort Book
― The Comfort Book
“Sometimes I feel like if you just watch things, just sit still and let the world exist in front of you - sometimes I swear that just for a second time freezes and the world pauses in its tilt. Just for a second. And if you somehow found a way to live in that second, then you would live forever.”
― Pandemonium
― Pandemonium
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