Listening Gifts

'Of course I'm listening to your expression of spiritual suffering. Don't you see me making eye contact, striking an open posture, leaning towards you and nodding empathetically?'

'I wonder if TED ever listens.'

"You're a good listener. You hear my feelings."

"There you go again, trying to solve my problems. I'm not asking you to do that. I just need you to listen."

'There you go again - trying to solve my problems. I am not asking you to do that. I just want you to listen to me.'

'She doesn't know that listening is not the same as mentally rehearsing her answers.'

'It's nothing to worry about nurse. It's only teeth bites on your tongue. Lots of good listeners have them.'

Here's your problem. You have an iPod.

'That was a long winded conversation...I thought he'd never stop listening.'

"Go ahead. Tell me your troubles. I promise to say 'Awww' in all the right places."

'I'm all ears.'

It'll sort itself out...

"I only overshare because you never listen."

Hearing Aid Repair Shop: 'Number one. . . number one. . . number one. . .'

Audio Books

"Listen to the customers more carefully Tracey. Mr Jones has a pain in the backside, he didn't say you were one."

Fly On The Wall

Listening meeting.

Psychiatrist with bartending diploma

Oh, he has a hearing aid --- What he needs is a listening aid!

'I don't know what it is about you, Dave. But, you're such a good listener.'

"I finally learned how to really listen to people...big mistake!"

Old woman with headphones on her ear trumpet.

'I'm going to restate what he just said - especially the part about my being a good listener.'

'It's more interesting as a radio play.'

'Then, suddenly, I realised that nothing was going in one ear and out of the other.'

Naive to its unconventional approach, Wyatt is victimized by the rare and elusive Mumble Bee.

'I'm a good listener... especially to the voices in my head.'

'This is what I like about you, you are such a good listener!'

Patient is listening to the doctors conference about him.

They said the same thing, but in very different ways.

All Ears

New technologies and nature

"I have half an hour if you want someone to get sucked into your drama."

"My husband is a very good listener."