Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Never react too soon

Looking back in our lives we may realise that on various occasions we have judged the other person wrongly and all because we never heard the complete story. Let me share with you a true story of a couple. A woman wanted to reach her husband on his mobile phone,she instructed her son to call his daddy and pass across an urgent message to him, who was on site. After the boy had called, he got back to mummy to inform her that there was a lady that picked up daddy’s phone the three times he tried reaching dad on the mobile. Without further questioning her son,she waited impatiently for her husband to return from work and upon seeing him in the driveway, she rushed out and let him have it.People from the neighborhood rushed around to find out what the cause of the commotion was. The woman then asked the boy to tell everybody what the lady at the other end said to him when he called.The boy honestly replied “The subscriber you have dialed is not available at present. Please Try Again Later” Isn't it true that we tend to be impatient and fail to listen to the complete version of the event of another person? we tend to react hastily. In the process we hurt others and at times a good relationship goes sour.Surely it would help us always to listen to others first and then if need be to give a reply appropriately.