Next Up Introduction Model Listening Nonverbals Responding Prob. They are reflective listening, identifying nonverbal cues, responding with understanding and using effective problem solving techniques. You will gain more from this book if you use the skills within on a daily basis and are faithful in your daily journal writing. Opening up yourself to your feelings and the feelings of others requires practice, practice, practice. Instead of being forced to exist in solitude, this gift allows interaction, a sharing of feelings.
Humans are especially fortunate because they have developed many ways to use their gift.
These include music, dance, art, theater, literature, gestures, the written word, and word of mouth. The creation of different ways to communicate does not mean we can sit back and take our gift for granted. When we were infants, all we needed to do was cry and our desire for food, a clean diaper, or love and nurturing companionship was met. Now that we are older, however, we can no longer count on others to interpret our cries. By sharing this gift of communication mankind is exalted.