Ben H
1 min readSep 12, 2021

OOOPS, I actually wanted to listen, connect and feel you...

...BUT WHAT I DID INSTEAD WAS....

๐—”๐——๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š / ๐—™๐—œ๐—ซ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: Hey, why don't you try this instead....

๐—ข๐—ก๐—˜-๐—จ๐—ฃ๐—ฃ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: Pffff...that's nothing, do you know what happened to ME last week...?!?

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: It was not you fault... you did the best you can in that situation....

๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ - ๐—ง๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: That really reminds me of this time where I...

๐—ฆ๐—ฌ๐— ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ง๐—›๐—œ๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: Ohhhh, you poor thing, i feel so sorry for you!

๐—˜๐—ซ๐—ฃ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—œ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: I would have called, but....

๐—–๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—–๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: Hey, that's totally not what happened here!!!

๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—š๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: When was that? How did that happen? Who was that person?

๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—œ๐—ก๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—–๐—œ๐—ก๐—š: You are totally right, why the hell did she do that? You should have...

I often notice how my patterns and fears keep me talking and talking to a friend and afterwards feel somehow empty and sad.

And when i take a moment afterwards I realize...I actually so much wanted to really connect, feel vulnerable, be seen, feel my friend. But I was unable, not daring or just did not notice my own pattern which keeps me in the "SAFE SPACE".

And i celebrate the moments when I dare, I open up, show myself, leave my comfort zone... and then...

๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—œ๐—– ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป!

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ, where you actually really want to connect to someone, listen from the heart and have a REAL connection and instead spend time talking from the head, advising, judging, asking, etc. etc.?

๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น?

Ben H
Ben H

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Exploring the intersection of Peace Building,Emotional Health, Nonviolent Communication, Personal Growth, Spirituality, Artificial Intelligence and Technology.

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