Monday Muse

To BE KIND is MORE important than to be right.

Sometimes all a person needs is NOT

a brilliant mind that speaks,

but a SPECIAL HEART that LISTENS.

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We all know a 'know-it-all' that won't shut up and that is always right, they're often hard to miss. Being a naturally uncertain person I don't think I often push my opinions onto others, that's not to say I don't over talk at times. However, today I want to celebrate the friends who you can turn to when times are tough, those whose selfless actions teach us the true nature of kindness. Another version of this quote uses the words a PATIENT Heart and though I like the idea of the person who listens being SPECIAL (hence the use of this version above) I know from experience that it does sometimes take a lot of patients to truly listen to others. Its easy to think of all the times you've sacrificed your time to listen to the need of other and quite often its easy to forget those times others have taken on your burdens. So today I just want to thank all my dear friends I have known upon my life journey so far (whether they read this or not), for all the times they have patiently listened to the words on my mind and soothed my troubled heart.

Its very easy to forget to be kind when we're all so busy and stretched - we can sometimes enter into a sort of bargaining over our time and affections -  a 'what have you done for me lately?' type mentality. Or to tell someone we love in a moment of careless speech that you would never have done this to them, but in truth you probably already have. We all require the kindness of others from time to time and we should never be ungrateful when we receive it and we should always strive to be a good LISTENER in return.