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There are times when we meet friends who they ask questions about their lives. For instance, someone who’s going through some trouble or tribulation, may ask the question, “Why is this happening to me? Why do I have to suffer?” and often, a person listens and tries to give them an answer. The listener may want to perhaps make them feel better and say, “Well, this is something that you need to go through. Maybe, because this will make you a better person. Let me make a suggestion.”
Perhaps sometimes, instead of giving an answer, why not just listen? Don’t ever answer, what you don’t know, especially if you think that what happened came from the Creator of the world or the Master of this whole plan. When a person asks a question, often, it is more important to answer the person, not the question. A better answer may be to listen and have a shoulder to let the person lean on. More so than the answer, the question, “why do good people suffer? Why do these things happen?”
Cookies crumble in many different ways and often, it’s not for us to answer these questions. Sometimes it’s best to listen to the person and let that person express themselves. Sometimes, all the person wishes is to have a shoulder to lean on, someone that will listen to them. I, myself, often will take a walk and speak out loud about what my day was, some of the tribulations which I’m experiencing or things of which I’m not sure about, and it’s interesting; by the time I get back home, I feel better. Not that my questions have been answered, but that I was able to express myself better. I was able to say what I wanted to say, hear myself out, and rationalize things.
Is it really worth worrying about? Is it something that I need to be concerned about? And if I made a mistake, I say, just repair it, change it. You don’t have to beat yourself up. You don’t even have to change everything that you’ve done because it’s already done, but you could certainly prepare yourself that from now on, you won’t do that again.
You can change your attitude. You can’t control the environment, you can’t control the outside forces, you can’t control the world, you can’t even change people. You can’t change what’s outside, but you can control everything about you and what’s inside. That is a power you have. You will have the strength and energy if you have the will for it. That’s within you and it’s all about you.
So next time someone comes to you and they want to share something about themselves, their tribulations, their difficulties, their challenges, their obstacles, the pain that they’re going through, physical, emotional, or spiritual, listen to them. Don’t make any comments, don’t do anything but listen. Remember, it is more important to answer the person, not the questions or the comments. No comments is better in many instances.
Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 593 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
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