Oftentimes you learn something from people you get into with and a testing ground to know yourself in the process.
It happened when I had a conversation with someone distinctive. He started the palaver by asking questions about me but reverted the question to him instead. One thing, I am not comfortable talking about myself.
And answered.
Yes, he started talking about himself and I wasn't bored. Empathy is felt. He even infused suggestions not to emulate. Tales of woes were put on the weeps but realized that there is happiness in sadness for he teaches as he narrates.
The therapy of listening is the involvement of being a part of the story and ends with sensible enlightenment.
