tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139233.post2512577793895889083..comments2023-12-22T19:01:28.512-08:00Comments on Holy Nativity Orthodox Church: Doing For or Being WithFr. Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16981965403145920704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27139233.post-31802235280512954602013-06-19T19:32:05.940-07:002013-06-19T19:32:05.940-07:00To listen to someone without offering a solution t...To listen to someone without offering a solution to the issue in discussion is perhaps a good thing. Especially since that someone generally does not want anyone to fix the problem, just to listen. And in listening, that is entering into relationship as new things are learned about the speaker. They are indeed not a project to be engaged in order to repair a lack but a person. I wonder if the more these hearts are open to the other in a safe environment and the other who listens is open to the possibility of relationship, it that might not be possible? In listening, the listener themselves has the opportunity to change. Even if only to know that they cannot fix or save the other; they can only be with them.TeresaAngelinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251765018168417707noreply@blogger.com