All rights reserved by the author | 28/08/2025
In every conversation, there are two sides—your truth and mine. Too often, we try to prove, to argue, to win. But real connection begins not when we insist on being heard, but when we choose to listen.
Understanding is a bridge built not with words, but with patience, empathy, and silence. When we allow someone else’s story to walk across to us, something shifts—we carry not just our own burden, but also a fragment of theirs. And that is how distance between hearts begins to dissolve.
A world that listens more than it shouts will always find its way back to peace.
Rajat Chandra Sarmah
Guwahati, Assam, India
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