Listening

When we work so hard to make sure people understand us, what do they hear if not the sound of themselves? If all we communicate is an attentiveness to others' feelings, then we are on the road to hell. I seek to communicate, but I do not need to make sure I am understood in the initial -it is the feedback that tracks this. When I make the message a method of praise and not understanding, I lose both elements and look a fool.