Used to Listening, not Hearing

I am used to listening and not hearing.

i believe i have evolved from one type or have been every type of listener there is.

First, the static listener. I can recall being a static listener.

I become static when I am talking to someone I don't really like or he/ she is talking nonsense. So I just let them talk and finish up so I can say bye and get as far away as I can from them.

Second, the monotonous feedback giver. haha!

aaahhhhh....

okaaaayyyy...

uhhhuhhh...

hmmmmm..

Those were my usual responses when I am usually talking to friends on the phone. Specially when they are telling stories about how their day went, or about anything. haha! but now, I learned how to react and say something relevant to what they are saying.

Third, the overly expressive listener. I become the overly expressive whenever I am excited or hyper or we are talking about something we are interested in. the exaggerated lumalaki yung mata at tumataas yung boses kapag nagreact dahil sa sobrang excitement. haha!

Fourth, the reader/writer type of listener. I become this type of listener whenever I am travelling. I usually read while we are travelling, when they talk to me, i rarely look at them straight because I am so into reading.

Fifth, the eye avoider listener. I am the fifth one, in classes. hahaha! I usually avoid the teacher's eye so they won't ask me to recite or answer anything. Sometimes, when I am not in the mood to talk or I don't like the one I'm talking to, I avoid eye contact.

Another one is the thought completing listener. I am not really a thought completing listener, i am more of a thought guessing listener. I try to guess where they are going at. Most of the time, i guessed right. haha!

The waiting listener, I used to be the waiting listener, because I don't want to interrupt someone while they are talking specially when they are at their peak of the story. I usually wait so I can react to what they are currently saying, but I end up reacting at the end of their story and forgetting about the things I wanted to say in between. hahaha!

The last, the pre-occupied listener. Lately, I have been a pre-occupied listener. I am always pre-occupied about so many things. I hate being pre-occupied because i neglect listnening carefully and tend to ask them to repeat what they are saying. I hope I don't offend them, but I know I am fairly offending them, because it shows that my mind is floating around thinking about something else. *sigh*

I used to be a good listener, but I don't really know now if I still am a good listener.

I hope to remain a good listener.