Friday, May 21, 2010

A Failure to Communicate

I haven't posted anything for a while because I haven't had anything to say. That started me thinking about communication. Why we talk. Why we don't. Why we speak of trivial things, when the proverbial elephant is pretty much taking up the whole room. I think all of us have known at least one person who chatters non-stop but never actually says anything.

Poor communication can kill a marriage or a romantic relationship. You are supposedly so close to this person, you love each other so much, yet you can't simply say what's on your mind? Something is seriously wrong there. Good communication is essential to all our relationships...family, friends, business associates. The things we don't say cause the other person to have to guess and imagine and that can lead to all kinds of wrong conclusions being drawn.

What are the words we are leaving unsaid?

Susan

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