Listen
“If we had to sum
the whole of the relationship-driven methodology
up in one word,
it’s this:
listen. Listen, listen, listen.
It isn’t a model at all, not really.
It’s just one action.
And upon that one action,
the whole methodology is based.
To have a strong relationship with anyone,
we must listen.
Listen to the children when they talk to us.
Stay right there in the moment and pay attention.
Hear what they are saying as opposed
to what we think or want them to be saying,
or as opposed to thinking about all the undone work
or what we are supposed to pick up
at the grocery store on the way home.
The moment we manage to communicate
in whatever manner we find best,
be it our attitude, our posture,
our words, our eye contact,
or that we are fully present
and genuinely listening to them,
they will begin to trust us.”
~ Marlowe :)
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