Listening Before Judging: A Practice That Leads to Change – Nonviolence Tools and Practices Series

We may have different opinions and experiences, but our differences do not prevent us from listening to one another.

Listening does not mean agreeing, just as understanding another person’s perspective does not mean abandoning our own position.

It creates a space where we give ourselves the opportunity to see aspects we may not have noticed before and to approach disagreements with awareness and respect.

Dialogue begins when we listen to understand, not when we simply wait for our turn to respond.