preceding Chapter 33: "TALK ... A Way To Health").
To «talk them out" a disturbed person needs a listener
who is sympathetic, understanding and, hopefully, helpful.
Each of us needs to talk and to listen in order
to relieve the tensions and pressures of daily living.
Probably the most frequent and vehement com-
plaint of our time is that others will not listen.
Minority groups rage and riot because author-
ities will not listen (and therefore cannot be expected to
respond) to their grievances and demands.
Students stage demonstrations to try to get the
«Establishment", first to listen to their protests and dissent,
and then to respond to their demands for change.
One of the principal complaints of youth is that
their elders will not listen to their imaginative ideas. The
elders reply that youth will not listen to the wisdom of
more mature experience.
Example could follow example, but the need is
already clear: All of us must listen to each other. Only by
listening, can we fully understand, and, only if we fully
understand each other, can we properly respond with
mutual respect and earnest cooperation.
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