Listen.

How do we listen? Do we just need our ears to listen? Can we listen with our eyes? Can we listen with our bodies?

We may be silent, but we are not listening. From the moment we wake up, we are not listening. We are taught to listen to the elderly, to your parents. Later, when we are scholars we are taught to listen to our teachers. Time passes by and we learn to listen to our friends. We listen to advices. We listen to gossip. We listen to both good and bad things. I believe listening to others is a gift. If you are good at listening to others (friends, relatives, employees, etc.) then congrats. If not, you are not condemned but I do believe listening to others is a great tool for your development or growth in any area of your life. It now comes to you to comprehend what you are listening and analyse it, and then see for yourself what positive things you can take out of that conversation.

We are trained to be good at listening…. to… others.

Today I am writing this to remind all of us to listen to ourselves too. Its great to learn to listen others, but its greater when we learn to listen to ourselves. And… let me tell you… listening to yourself is one of the most difficult selves you’ll ever have to listen. You might want it to shut up, you might try to escape from yourself. How? Turn on the radio, podcast, spotify, tv. You don’t even have to be listening something, you may be quiet, silent and your brain will still be like — Hey, what’s up with that man? Hey, so… you like this new guy at work? Hey, you should really quit this job. And the list goes on.

There are some things our brain/heart/soul wants to tell us that we might not wanna hear, but we need to hear them. We need to hear ourselves. We need to learn to be capable of coping with this things we are hearing. Any relationship gets started by knowing the other person, and… how do we get to know each other? By listening (among other things, but this is a big one). Why can’t we start a relationship with ourselves? Let’s learn to listen to ourselves. Not just our minds, but our hearts and our bodies. Let’s take the time to discover ourselves, consciously. Let’s develop a relationship with ourselves, and I believe we’ll be better at having relationships with our surroundings too: nature, animals, friends, family, boyfriend / girlfriend, you name it.

From now on, let’s say to ourselves: Hello Me, its a pleasure to meet me.