How am I as a Listener

Listening, not an ordinary way to do. people may think that if you are a silent type of person you can't share anything or simply saying, you don't know the topic that's being discussed about but the truth is, in most cases it's actually better to be a good listener than to be the famos speaker as my dad used to tell me. To be a great listener is even you know what the speaker is talking about, you still pay attention to what he says. Why? Because not only to pay respect to the talker but also to improve, gain, or add more knowledge that you had before. Of course to fulfill this purpose, the listener should seek more information likewise having an interaction with the speaker. There are a lot of kinds of listeners, a listener who pleases, exaggerates, judges, also sometimes a listener who's street smart(one who benefits from the talk) and a lot more.

Me as a listener, I like interacting with the talker. I mean I don't like just sitting around and all I do is to listen quietly and attentively. Probably I can adapt that style in some other cases like when I don't know the person or whatever, when it's really not the proper time time to interact. Often times when the topic is really deep that involves emotions, I tend to think behind the words. Like for example, One of my definition for happiness is "happiness is not only an emotion but also a choice" which I got the meaning from listening to my friends' sharings. Well, actually most of the stories that I've heard go with that definition of happiness but definitely not all. As far as I am concerned, I am trying my best to be a balanced listener and to keep my optimism when giving critics because as what I commented precious, "No one has lost their eye- sight by looking at the positive side".