How often do you communicate? Really communicate? Probably not as often as you’d like to think. How often do you set out to communicate the most (seemingly) simple information only to find that you didn’t say anything you meant to?
Don’t feel bad. Everyone else has experienced the same problem, probably more often than not. We set the stage for these grand conversations and interchanges in our minds, preparing for a battle of words – but then we show up to the fight without a weapon in sight.
As a modern culture we seem to shy away from any and all confrontations. We don’t want the responsibility of disillusioning someone else’s perceptions of reality. Instead we snark quietly behind closed doors as our statements fall on ineffective ears.
Use your words with purpose. If you don’t say what needs to be said, who will? And, if someone is speaking for you – are you certain that they’re using your words? Probably not.
No one can, or will, say what you need to say.
Silence is heavy, and saturated with unmet desires.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
~George Bernard Shaw
~George Bernard Shaw
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