When i ask to listen to me
and you start giving me advice
you have not done what i asked.
When i ask you to listen to me
and you begin to tell me why
i shouldn't feel that way
you are trampling on my feelings.
When i ask you to listen to me
and you feel you have to do something
to solve my problem, you have failed me
Strange as that may seem.
Listen! All i ask is that you listen.
Don't talk or do-just hear me.
Advice is cheap; 20 cents will get
you both Dear Abby and Billy Graham
in the same newspaper.
And I can do for myself; I am not hopeless.
Maybe discouraged and faltering,
but not helpless.
When you do something for me that I can
You contribute to my fear and inadequacy.
But when you accept as a simple fact
that i feel what I feel,
no matter how irrational,
then I can stop trying o convince
you and get about this business
of understanding what's behind
this irrational feeling.
And When that's clear, the answers are
obvious and I don't need advice.
Irrational feelings make sense when
we understand what's behind them.
Perhaps thats why prayer works, sometimes,
for some people-because God is mute,
and he doesn't give advice or try
to fix things
God listens and lets you work
it out yourself.
So please listen,
and just hear me
and if you want to talk,
wait a minute
for your turn-and i will listen to you.
hey yall i saw this and i thought it was great.. i needed it so bad! this has helped me to understand my friends and why i can "never" help them... lol and why they cant help me... well hope it helps you too
