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By Lynne Cory
What if there is someone in your life and every time you communicate with each other, you feel very frustrated because they never ask about you and your life but only blab, blab, blab on about their own life and continue to monopolize the conversation with their interests and ideas and the way they want things to be?

What if the next time, you gave them a gift and really listened to them compassionately and quietly even if you still had the desire to talk about your life?

What if they were a great teacher about listening if you want to be heard? What if they really gave you the gift?

What if once you began really listening to them, they began to ask about you?