Talk About Talking
Proverbs 16:24 Kind words are like honey — sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.
People who want to improve a relationship often talk. They bring up what happened, what went wrong in their experience, and come up with solutions.
If you want a better relationship, be a team player with the other person. In responding, you must have no hint of judgment or a critical spirit. You are forging a way to connect, and never forget that the “we” comes first. You want to recruit the person to vulnerable language, to help solve the glitch and move on.
Examples:
- That must have been hard.
- Tell me more.
- How did that make you feel?
- That’s tough; anything I can do to help?
These are simple things to say that convey understanding and support. A person needs to know that you feel something positive toward them when they are feeling negative.
