The Art of Listening

In an earlier post, slippery little word called truth,  I wrote:

One's bias misdirects one's own capacity to perceive what is and what isn't.

I think this bias can misdirect own capacity to listen.   In a stressful situation, one can simply spin out of control over a simple misunderstanding which could have been avoided if the parties involved would have just listened.  The truth can be as simple as listening to what someone actually said as compared to what one wants to believe what was said.