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Fear : A Positive Or Negative Fear

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Fear; whether looked at as a positive or negative fear is undoubtedly a driving force for action. To fight or fly past this strange and sometimes crippling emotion can be challenge. It will never leave the back of your mind unless you take action. I was in fourth grade at the time my Grandfather was struggling with dialysis. I remember walking into the room where he received treatment and being scared to the point of tears of the sickly, pale and disable people also in the room. I knew my grandfather was there but it just did not seem like it was the real him as he was one of the faces I was scared of the most. Shortly after his passing the choir took at trip to sing at a nursing home. As I walked in I was immediately panicked to the …show more content…

The part I was most fearful of. As they entered with their nurses one by one the fear subsided. My confidence rose as I had a greater self concept (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. . Communicating effectively. Pg. 34) of myself, I knew that I go do it from this point on.(Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. . Communicating effectively. Pg 32) The initial anxiety had surpassed and I was able to communicate with the clients. I started listening (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg. 122) to the stories they were telling me as we were doing the activity. Yes most of them were very boring and did not make too much sense but I was still active listening and being as responsive as possible. I utilized verbal communication (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg.58) skills such as speaking in a calm and welcoming tone, sounding excited to be there and really giving my personal opinions on subjects and not dismissing the elderly like most of the employees there do. I used a mix of Informative listening( Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg.141) where I attempted to understand more about their early life and Empathic listening (Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015. Communicating effectively. Pg.142) by trying to connect with them on an emotional level and really committing myself fully to the conversation. I soon realized I was experiencing Cultural Listening(Hybels, S., & Weaver, R. L. 2015.

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