One of the things that I have a hard time of doing is just listening. I like to solve people’s problems and if something is wrong I like to give suggestions on what they could do. In the world of infertility, this isn’t all that bad but it may not be desired by the afflicted party.
When we, as humans, have been going through a particular trial it is easy to assume that we know a lot about it. As I mentioned before, with infertility, even though we share commonalities ever trial of infertility is so unique. It is easy to assume we know exactly what they are going through. This may or may not be the case.
We need to be aware of the feelings of the afflicted party and sometimes be there to just listen. Not to give advice or tell them how they should feel, but to have an open mind, heart and ears, for the person who really may need someone to talk to.
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