Written by Jacob Ibrag
We’re half asleep while the other half is
arguing about details that won’t matter in the
grand scheme of things. We’re listening without the
actual listening, waiting for the other to finish so we
can begin our own sentences. We’re story tellers,
believing the stories we spin that can only
fit in our own separate narratives.
Eyes + Words 
This is so beautiful.
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Thank you 🙂
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Greatly enjoyed Jacob mind you it is peculiar how we all approach the subject in different ways: “we’re not listening, but we pretend we are only so that we can unravel the stories that are not our own; because we can’t hear our voice so we tell stories of words that go unheard–a silent narrative that pretends to be heard.” Thank you.
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Thanks Rene 🙂
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Often it is so,which I feel sad about in recognising my own actions. And yet, the fact that we notice and mourn this lack of listening feels me with optimism too – that flicker of awareness and longing, the inspiration to move towards greater connection and open hearted curiousity 🙏❤️
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Masters of timing. I enjoyed this.
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Thanks 🙂
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Sometimes we’re just, so self-centered, too caught up, in our own vices, that we failed, to realize the needs of others around us, and, we’d, hurt them, without being aware of that we had…
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that hit hard, man. so beautiful.
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Beautifully written and true. Most of them is out ther just half listening to someone and waiting when can they start there own stories..
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Thank you 🙂
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So true. I meet people like that all the time, people who only use the gaps when they’re not talking to think about what they’re going to say next.
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i listen, but no one hears me
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