tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post3846338754930010570..comments2023-10-08T07:04:49.054-07:00Comments on The Writing Life: Taking the Toddler Approachkariohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10150537989886423212noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-58812800426708749442012-09-23T18:43:50.312-07:002012-09-23T18:43:50.312-07:00loving this so much! this sentence was great: &qu...loving this so much! this sentence was great: "most people listen with the intent to respond rather than the intent to understand." SO TRUE, im embarrassed to say. <br />oh, and i got the comment that you left for me re. CB's "walk" and your sweet support. I will send you an email from our team site with info, etc. our team on the webpage says we have raised zero dollars but that is NOT TRUE :) we just collected the checks in hand and turned them in on walk day - they haven't updated our webpage yet. anyway, they collect up until december :) thanks for thinking of us!Alicia Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06244714478310893367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-58382344923260422382012-09-21T14:07:28.681-07:002012-09-21T14:07:28.681-07:00Dear Kari, this posting seems helpfully perceptive...Dear Kari, this posting seems helpfully perceptive to me. Years ago I read something similar about listening and realized that mostly I was thinking of a response while the speaker was continuing to talk.<br /><br />Consequently, I changed my listening. No long do I plan responses, and the result has been that one person after another--one friend after another--has commented, "What a good listener you are, Dee." And they seem to feel that their words and feelings are being honored. And I know that I am truly getting the words behind the words they are saying. <br /><br />Peace.Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-80086377474608760652012-09-21T13:07:14.812-07:002012-09-21T13:07:14.812-07:00Keep up the good and insightful writing.Keep up the good and insightful writing.Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10564568473349720682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-62208052665224226752012-09-20T21:40:12.349-07:002012-09-20T21:40:12.349-07:00I can't thank you enough for writing this post...I can't thank you enough for writing this post! It really made me stop and think - first about my daughters and their relationship with each other (frequently snarky!) and then on a much deeper level. "Why?" is such a simple question, yet it could easily lead to major and minor revelations.<br /><br />I'll be thinking about your words for while . . . and hoping I remember to ask "Why?" much more often.Sandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15923693784234135636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-24347378403272658822012-09-19T19:28:28.047-07:002012-09-19T19:28:28.047-07:00Shared this with my daughter. Sounds like you migh...Shared this with my daughter. Sounds like you might have some ideas for her. She has ten year old triplets and a six year old boy. She needs all the insight and help she can get in knowing how to communicate with them. Whew. Some days are a disaster at her place. Thanks for sharing this.<br />Blessings, BarbB. WHITTINGTONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362600188243508446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-83129287389292234562012-09-19T12:58:33.070-07:002012-09-19T12:58:33.070-07:00Sounds like you've been doing some soul-unteth...Sounds like you've been doing some soul-untethering!Carrie Wilson Linkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01586157395539583862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24806308.post-53700494717766680262012-09-19T12:26:40.210-07:002012-09-19T12:26:40.210-07:00Such wise words. I will think about this for the r...Such wise words. I will think about this for the rest of the day --Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.com