Take In

What does it take to understand one thing? Do we understand by merely listening? Do we understand by just being there hearing someone talk?

For me, there are a lot of factors in order for us to understand matters like the true or real side of the story.

Husband: You come home early.

Wife: But I still have to go to (insert place here). You know that.

H: Yes, but I am telling you to come back home early, maybe 4 in the afternoon.

W: But…

H: (Got angry) What do you want?! You are always free. Isn’t that enough?

W: I—

H: YOU BE HERE BY 4. Understood? (Left)

W: (Did not talk)

What the wife wanted to say was that she was going to the cemetery to visit their son. The man did not even gave the wife the chance to talk.

If only we have the guts to stay a little bit longer, to listen more closely and to feel what the other person feels, maybe, just maybe, we will be able to be more sensitive thus become more responsible. :)