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Disrespectful listening

Prompt: In your opinion, what is the most disrespectful thing anyone could ever do to you?





I think the most disrespectful thing that anyone could do to me is to not listen to me when I am speaking. Others may not agree with what I am saying. That’s okay. I just want the courtesy of their full attention. How do they know I’m full of st—uff if they don’t listen. Talking around me, shutting down or interrupting really pisses me off. I have spent too many years in prayer and therapy to find my voice to be made invisible by rudeness and unkindness.





I will be the first to admit that not every word from my mouth is a golden nugget or that I can wander away from a topic into rabbit trails. And I know the irony of an ADDer saying “Pay attention.” I am better than I used to be but sometimes….. However did you know eye rolling, sighing and arm crossing make a particularly loud and lonely sound in the heart? Its’ something I try to remember but not always successfully.


Enuff said