Deep down, everyone has unique ways of living their best lives, fostering human relationships, loving others, and allowing themselves to be loved. Developing listening skills is crucial.
Listening is possible when there is love and a committed heart. Without listening and mutual understanding, marriages and human relationships falter. Love that isn’t nurtured doesn’t endure.

Many people express kind words that can lighten human relationships, but everyone appreciates even more the concrete acts of thoughtfulness and attentiveness. The eagerness to be of service can be so remarkable that it astonishes.

Love is like a flower, lifting the heart and creating feelings of generosity and selflessness.

Personal reflections:
Can you identify how someone has been delicate with you recently?
What did it do for you?
What do you think of the effectiveness of a smile, a handshake, a kiss to
chase away worries and stress?
Can you remember the reaction of someone to whom you’ve been unkind?
Try today to listen to someone without interrupting them, to show them that you’re a good listener.
It’s important.

Excerpt from the "Collection Volontaires de Dieu" Father Louis-Marie Parent, O.M.I.

Read:

You know how to love! 1. Delicacy.  

You know how to love! 2. Being Considerate

You know how to love! 3. Learning to listen