If I care for you
I shall listen to you willingly;
I shall listen not only with my ears
But also with my heart.
I shall listen not only to your words
or your thoughts
but also to your feelings
and experiences;
Our level of communication will be very deep.
If I care for you,
my conversation with you
will no more be an exchange of words
or dry formality
or verbal ping-pong.
It will be a deep sharing of ourselves.
In this way
you release my energies
and I release yours;
We touch and heal each other;
we become more creative in our listening,
enriching both
the one who speaks
and the one who listens.
Source: Received in Alumni communication mail of Banjara academy.