We all have one. It is nice to hear others opinion and to understand
more about the way they think about differnt things in life. Does there
come a time when you no longer seem to care to listen to someones
opinion? Why and what are some of the reasons?

I believe people who are quick to disregard another's opinion, are
afraid. There are people in life, who love to talk about their outlooks
and opinions on the ethical values of their own life. Then there are
people who also love to talk about these things, without wanting to hear
the others opinion.

It all depends on what the reference is.

For example, if two people were talking about Death, and what happens
afterwards.

if 1 person is religious, while the other is spiritual, sometimes it can
go easily, where two simply state their opinion and just collaborate in
thought. Or it can go bad, and 1 will highly disagree with the other.

To many, Death is a scary thing to question, and if thought upon for too
long, it can bewilder certain people. Therefore, they would like to
believe something in particular, which makes them feel safe, and also
they believe is the truth. While on the other hand, certain people
believe the possibilities are endless, so they dwell on the thought a
lot, its an interesting thought, but it doesn't scare them.

So it all depends...other than that, it just depends on what type of
person you are, if a person has a dominant personality, they like to
believe they are always right and push their opinions onto people.

Then again, this is just my opinion lol disagreeing with it, is
perfectly fine with me.

No, I don't ever really get tired of it, but I simply don't have the
time to listen to everyone's and there are times that it's obvious that
no one's going to come to an impasse because the opinions differ so
greatly, so I do tend to avoid those people.

I believe that those who dont want to hear dont want to be heard.

i think that reguarless of whether or not we want to hear someones
opinion , if their opinions are heard then we do have to take them in,
even if its someones crappy opinion you still think about how wrong they
were lol

Hi Txs,

Good to see you. Here's what I think.

Some people think in a straight line

Some people think in a circle

If we all take a good look at it though we will see that life is a
sphere. Some people (maybe all of us) at times think more I than we.
When I catch myself of being full of myself (the Ole look in the mirror
trick) I realize that I'm only fooling one "me". There must be a reason
why people think I so much.

Here's what "I" do for a living. I make tools "variable tools". People
get them and then at their own pace we try to help guide them just long
enough to let them use their tools on their own. From that point on the
results are up to them. In my book we call this (the method of tuning).
I do this every day with people so for me it becomes second nature. If
someone doesn't get it, they move on. If they want to argue about it, we
move them along. Mostly though we find that people only go in a circle
because they themselves are still on the search.

My job is to only supply the variable tools. At that point they can pick
it up or leave it on the table. It's completely up to them, and no
longer is my responsibility. Do I still care? Yes do I baby them? No. Am
I the baby at times? Yes, JSH is a great big mirror.

michael

I dont mind giving my opinion but not about the same thing over and
over..You ask for my opinion today,I can almost promise you it will be
the same 5 mins from now.

Ralph

i love to hear others' opinions... it does not mean that i will change
mine. but sometimes it helps to see things from a different point of
view. i do, however, get tired of hearing other peoples opinions if
they tend to get angry because you do not agree... or they think that
they are always correct and have no interest in finding out why your
opinion is what it is. I find that to be self-centered and i do NOT
like that characteristic in a person...

I do agree with each and everyone on there opinion. For I myself enjoy
reading or hearing others opinion. Everyone sees things in a differnt
way. Unless you are willing to hear there thoughts and ideals on the
subject then to me that is being a bit shallow in thinking. At times if
we take the time to listen we might even find out that someone else has
a good point and could actually make us re-think our opinion on the
situation.

At times I have notice that some seem to always have an opinion about
what someone else has to say. But always in a negative way instead.
Makes one think they just like to disagree but never seem to have an
opinion to back up why they disagree. My self I don't expect everyone to
agree with my thoughts or ideals for everyone will never agree on things
in the same way. That is what makes each one of us unique in our own
ways.

But yes Tameka I do agree with you once someone starts being rude or
attacking others for their opinion then that is when I no longer hear
what they have to say. At times we can learn alot by what others have to
say if we take the time to really listen.

I like getting peoples opinions-helps me get to know who they are and
sometimes we just need them to think about things in our
lives...
My opinion on this thread is: good thread-great question...
I think the only time I might stop listening to some ones opinion-would
be if they told me it repeatedly...lol