When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving me advice, you
have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me that I
shouldn't feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me and you feel you have to do something
to solve my problem, you have failed me, strange as that may seem.
Listen! All that I asked was that you listen--not talk or do--just
hear me.
Advice is cheep. Thirty-five cents will get you both Dear Abby and
Billy Graham in the same newspaper.
All I can do is do for myself. I am not helpless--maybe discouraged,
but not helpless.
When you do something for me that I can and need to do for myself,
you contribute to my fear and inadequacy.
So, please listen and just hear me. If you want to talk, wait a
minute for your turn--and I'll listen to you.
Inspirational Poems
