When you do, you will often find the other person has more to say that you would have inadvertently cut off. Listening is a gift with a boomerang bonus in it for you. By listening to others without judging them, by accepting them, you help them see their situation objectively. We have such incredible power to be able to give the gift of listening to others. The second ingredient in the prescription for Life Savors is Perseverance.
Perseverance means trying again.
It means deciding the glass is half full instead of half empty. It means continuing on in spite of discouragement, betrayal, and setbacks. There is one for mothers, pet lovers, golfers, kids, the country soul, teenagers. You name it, there's a book for it. They would have missed the reality that to date there are 32 Chicken Soup books and 20 million copies have been sold.