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Empathetic listening is an awesome medication for the hurting heart.

Gary Chapman

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Gary Chapman
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: January 10
Author
Radio Personality
Writer
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Gary Demonte Chapman
Listening
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Heart
Empathetic
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Awesome

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