Kuala Lampur, July 3 -- We live in a time where people are quick to speak, quick to advise, and far too slow to listen.

Everyone wants to offer their opinion to fix others, to tell someone how they should live their life, especially when they believe that person has strayed from the "right path". But there is something dangerous in this habit. When we constantly feel the need to speak, correct and advise without understanding, without empathy, we risk harming those who are already hurting. What we think is concern may actually come across as control, shame or judgment.

There is a reason we are given two ears and only one mouth. It is a message, even in our biology - listen more, speak less. But too often, we reverse this order. We speak...