You Might Be a Skimmer...
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Good points, JoJo. It reminds me of a man I once worked with whose favorite saying was, “It’s strange that people don’t have time to do something right the first time, but they have time to do it over.”
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A very insightful comment, Kathy! This is one of the reasons this can cost us a friendship. I wrote about this an another article a while back. Skimming feels like we don’t value them enough to pay attention to them. Doing it once is easily forgivable, but doing it consistently can cost a friendship. I’ve seen it too many times. People can forgive a mistake. What people have a hard time with is intent. Consistently treating our friends as if they aren’t worth paying attention to is often translated this way.
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I love this article. Don’t think I am really a skimmer for the most part. More like an elephant, but I have these experiences with people all the time and it really makes me feel like they are not interested in me, so why bother with them.
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JoJo I knew I was a skimmer when I got to Aunt Mildred. That was a great article. And very true. I’ll just bet when I finally slow down and take time to really listen, I might just find I like what I hear. I agree that it is not a good way to be. Thankfully most of the people in my life are very patient with me and love me anyway, but you know after a while that Alice in Wonderland rabbit became very annoying. HMMMM.
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I hear ya folks. I know how being busy keeps us skimming. I have to remind myself every day to be careful. But it’s sooo worth it when someone smiles because you noticed.