🍃💙A few months...

🍃💙A few months ago I happened to know someone; 

every now and then we met, 

said hello and off we went, 

each on his own path. 

But I didn't give myself peace; 

with regret I noticed that while her lips were smiling, 

her eyes were dull, 

opaque; 

it seemed they had an autonomous life and that they were estranged from that body that wanted to appear calm and show laughter. 

They seemed to beg to be heard.

Besides being a good listener, 

I am also a patient person. 

So I waited... 

and this morning a little sentence from me, 

said at the right time, 

was enough for her to realize that I would have been able to understand her. 

So, 

between rivers of tears, 

she opened her heart to me, 

telling me about a life full of suffering and humiliation. 

I don't remember what I said to her; 

in those moments, 

the words flow from my heart without me realizing it, 

and I immediately forget, 

because the words that come from the heart are said only to comfort and not to be flaunted or to gratify our ego.

This woman had a lot of suffering inside her, 

suffering caused by the prejudices of some people who feel perfect, 

people who preach true values with their mouths and then have hearts harder than stones. 

I didn't do anything for her, 

I just listened to her, 

and she wanted nothing more from me than to be listened to, 

she wanted someone who wouldn't judge her for her mistakes, 

she only wanted one thing: 

humanity. 

And I gave it to him.

What I would like to say to everyone is that there are people who live near us: 

family members, 

friends, 

acquaintances who carry enormous pain inside but are unable to get it out because no one notices them. 

Let's stop for a moment, 

leave aside cell phones, 

TV, 

Facebook, 

WhatsApp, 

etc... 

let's start observing those around us, 

let's get into the habit of not just listening to what they tell us but of listening.

Someone may be wondering "because what is the difference between hearing and listening? Isn't it the same thing?". 

No! 

It is not. 

“Hearing” means I ask “how are you?” and the other replies "fine, thanks" and I move on to the next discussion. 

"Listening," 

on the other hand, 

means asking "how are you?" The other replies "fine, thanks", 

but I don't stop there; 

I go further, 

I try to observe her eyes, 

her gestures, 

the tone of voice with which she responded to me. 

Well, 

it doesn't take much to understand if the other person is truly as she wanted me to believe, 

and it also doesn't take much to make a person feel good, 

even half an hour, 

the time needed to make them talk a little. 

It might be boring for us, 

but you have no idea how cathartic it can be for her. 

A lot of unnecessary depression would be avoided. 

It would take very little to make a person smile... 

a little of our useless time... 

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