My journey...

Sometimes we may hear a person's words but we fail to hear their heart. People tend to say many things and often it is a reflection of their hearts. How they are feeling but afraid to voice out. Maybe they may say things that may hurt us but are we really listening to the motif behind those words.

A girl may be angry that her husband comes home late and starts to say "How come you are home so late? Where were you? What have you been doing?". The husband may get annoyed cause for this once I come home late you shout at me. You do not understand me at all. Where is my space? But perhaps the girl may be feeling lonely. Perhaps she may have had a long day and was just waiting for her husband to come home to talk.

Learn to listen to the heart not just to the words that is said. Be slow to react to words that may hurt. Pause to think. Put yourself in the other person's shoes. Act on love.