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The Power of Listening
Just now, I was stuck on the bus with an older Black gentleman that was yelling at Asian folks.
Now, at first, I wanted to mind my business. Then after a while I started to feel my body tense up, my heart rate began rising, and I couldn’t focus on the guided meditation I was trying to listen to.
The guy was talking a lot of stuff—half nonsense and half sensible argument. I had a sense of what he was really trying to say, the guy wasn’t really crazy…
So at some point, all up in people’s faces, he said “but y’all don’t wanna hear me though”
To which I took off my earphones and said with my eyebrows raised “cause you’re yelling too loud, OG!”
He then smiled, lowered his voice, and turned away from me saying “my bad young buck, I ain’t mean to be too loud, people just need to hear the truth. I ain’t mean to ruin or make your day tough on your way to work…”
So I smiled back, and heard all the things he had to say. Turns out he was 61 years old, eats clean, and had died before… Told me “And I ain’t want to come back here. I cried when I woke up!”
The guy had an interesting story.
This moment meant a lot to both of us. I remembered how important me being a Concierge is. He got to share his thoughts, ideas, philosophy, and beliefs. “God is Love,” he told me.
I was also able to stand up for myself, since I didn’t want the negativity around. And I had no choice but to speak up, respectfully.
We’re not that different from each other.
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