“When you listen from the heart, you experience the listening as a doorway to other people’s experience; you hear what is being said from their perspective.”
~ David Pond, The Pursuit of Happiness
If you truly want to understand another, there is no substitute for listening from the heart. The same goes for when you truly want someone to understand you, you must speak from your heart.
Why? Negative judgments won’t interfere when your energy is centered in your heart. And this heartfelt communication creates connection that allows the words and feelings you express to resonate with others — this is when everyone “gets it.”
There’s nothing more validating than heartfelt connection, my friend. Make it your modus operandi.