Storytelling Workshop

Today I went to a storytelling workshop at NEFLIN HQ. One of the exercises was to listen to a person tell about a certain subject. You couldn't comment or interject, only listen! Then you gave an "appreciation" to the talker on something they had said, no negatives, no you could make it better if..., only positive. You also had to give yourself an appreciation when it was your turn to talk - that was a little more difficult. My goal is to start truly listening to people, without turning the conversation about myself or my experiences. I hope people will do that for me sometimes too. We could all be more positive! It was a very good workshop.