How often do we listen to what the others have to say? Many times, especially as we grow older, we don’t really listen, but rather hear what is being said. The difference is a crucial one: listening to a person is an act of love. Hearing is the opposite – the speaker is rarely acknowledged existence in the first place. All we do is to merely glance at the words’ outline through the thick shades we wear, layer upon layer, in order to protect our eyes.
Perhaps, for Valentine’s Day, the perfect gift would be to simply sit down, and rediscovering each other, once more. To pause, suspend the world ‘out there’, and simply – to listen.
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