What experience do you have with someone misinterpreting your intention?

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2. More as I have gotten older. I spent a few years cultivating my attention/listening abilities for religious reasons. I have since learned I need to be careful with that power, as people are often so starved for it, and it is often misread as sexual interest.

3. All day everyday at work because I work with a lot of idiots

4. I’m learning that when I take myself a little too serious, everybody sort of does as well. I’m trying to rid myself of that energy. And I’ve learned that no matter what my intentions are, if I fail to communicate that effectively, it is often misunderstood by the other person through my actions, emotions or even lack of action/emotions. I am working to be a more open person and stop ruining things for others, especially when I didn’t even have that in mind.

   So I realize within majority of my life, I am the common denominator when I harm others when I don’t mean to, I am working to align my actions with my intentions more clearly.

   Plus what another has said, I am learning to be a more attentive listener. I always see the cues because I’m a hyper aware person and I more often than not fail to consider them, so now I am trying to slow myself down so I no longer make others misunderstand me.