when I ask you listen to me
And you start giving advice,
You have not ready to listen what i need to tell...
When I ask you listen to me and
you begin to tell me why should't feel that way,
you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you to listen to me
and you feel you have To do something to solve my problems
you have Failed me, strange as
that may seem.
Listen, All I asked was that you listen -Not talk or do,
Just hear me.
When you do something for me
That I can and need to do for myself,
you contribute to my fear and inadequacy.
But when you accept as a simple fact that i do feel what i feel,
no matter how irrational, then i can
quit trying to convince you
and can get about the business of understanding what's behind this irrational feeling.
And when that's clear.
the answers are obvious and i don't need advice.
Irrational feelings make sense,
when we understand what's behind them.
Perhaps that's why hope works,
sometimes, for some people
because God is mute and-
he does't give advice or try
to fix things.
So please listen and just hear me.
And if you want to talk,
Wait a minute for your turn, and i'll listen to you....
