We live in......
an instant fix society, a pill for this, a supplement for that and hey presto, it's ALL better.
However life does not always work that way.
And as a reader what we may sometimes forget is that the clients who leave us negative feedback, did not start out that hurt and did not start out leaving feedback like that when they started calling for their *instant fix* of a reading. It made them feel better, so when the seeds of doubt creep in a day, a week or a few weeks after a prediction that has not manifested, they call again. Lots of money is spent and frustration creeps in, but in all honesty, there are two genuine sides here and two valid points, both have to be validated, and both need to be heard in order for us to move past this together.
They may have heard for days, weeks, months and even years that their loved one is coming back, is going to leave his wife for you, you may not be the only reader they are calling...... And sometimes it takes them a while to realize how long this has gone on, because they are in that instant fix habit of clicking to call, and one day an epiphany and they start getting frustrated, and lash out. It's not really about us though, it could be IF we lead them on, it could be if we did not give an honest reading, but that being said IF that IS what we got, and we were honest and it still does not happen? What then? Who is responsible?
Well there again we could get to the free will issue, is that a cop out? It may well be, or it could be that actions, words, stalking, pressure from one side could cause the other to re-think going back to a relationship. Is that free will? Do I honestly want a future that is set in stone for me? Do I have to choose that man I thought I wanted back? What if i met someone nicer in the meantime? What if the emotional intensity of the person scared me and I was not comfortable with that? Do I have to make that call at 4pm on Wednesday because that is what was written in my future? Those kinds of predictions cannot be set in stone for you or others if you will want the power to make your own choices.
I do not pretend to know it all, see it all, nor be 100% accurate, but if we want to be best readers we can be, then we need to be able to see why a hurt client would leave that kind of feedback and it may not be about the reader at all, it may be a client who is hurt from all the damage conflicting readings can give and not able to break that cycle yet. Does it make it easier to get that kind of feedback? No! But knowing that this client did not start out that way and is hurting, should help us all try to figure out what we can all do to help this kind of issue not happen to anyone.
How? As of yet, I have NO idea...
But I am thinking
Joan