Distance is my new
Answer to disrespect.
I no longer react,
I no longer argue,
I no longer dive into drama.
I simply remove my presence...

Listen with curiosity. Speak with honesty. Act with integrity. 

The biggest problem with communication 

is that we don't listen to understand. 

We listen to respond. When we listen with curiosity, 

we do not listen with the intent to respond. 

We listen to what is behind the words.

Roy T. Bennett

Does that diminish my own experience, 

because someone else is having it worse? 

There is always someone with 

a worse life than yours. 

That doesn't make your life 

a road of roses.

~ Elle Kennedy ~