This quote by Paul Tillich is an important reminder: “The first duty of love is to listen.“
In this busy world, it’s far too easy to come up with all sorts of wonderful excuses as to why we don’t have time to deal with the inconveniences of other people’s problems. We don’t have time to get to know our neighbors more. We don’t have time to listen.
Jesus always made it a point to devote his attention to those around him, to hear them, to love them.