A Privilege To Listen

--by Helenconnell2, posted Sep 6, 2025

I was on my way to meet a friend as I was a little early, I popped into one of the charity shops. There was a woman with 3 children. She told the girls not to touch anything as they were both eating lollies. They left the shop before me and were waiting outside. I smiled at her and told how well she was doing. I also said raising children is hard. I listened to her for a couple of minutes. She thanked me for stopping and listening.

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Posted by Helenconnell2
Sep 6, 2025
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Mish wrote: The kindness of liending an ear 👌🏻

pluto178 wrote: 👍

Rajni wrote: God has given us one mouth to speak less and two ears to listen more. God must be very happy seeing you listen to a stranger in this fast paced world where as most people do not have time to listen.

DotMatrix wrote: Your listening ear was a gift I've no doubt. ♥

janfour wrote: Nice chat!!

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