No doubt there are myriad answers to this question, but today, I will simply share this quote:
I am convinced that men hate each other because they fear each other. They fear each other because they don’t know each other, and they don’t know each other because they don’t communicate with each other, and they don’t communicate with each other because they are separated from each other. ~~ The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Cornell College, Oct. 15, 1962
Communication: the antidote to hate and fear.
So what are you waiting for? Communicate already!
3 comments:
Sometimes I think my problem is I communicate too much. . .then I realize that running amok at the mouth is not the same as communicating. My whole blogging/journaling/new fiction/poetry writing fast was supposed to help me find a different way to communicate, as writing is the form I am best at and I should develop the others more. We'll see how skillful I become at the other forms, especially if I continue to email/comment etc.
It's your fault, anyway, when you don't blog for months and then start posting a plethora of questions during Lent.
John Taylor Gatto wrote a great essay on communication (or the lack thereof). I'm trying to remember which book it's in - I'm thinking it's in A Different Kind of Teacher or else it's in Dumbing Us Down. Basically, he states many people have no idea what communication is - they're just talking at each other, not to each other.
Is it even possible to be in a noncommunicative state (at least while conscious)? I've often thought that we are always communicating something about ourselves--whether we're using words or not.
I find your chosen fast intriguing. My guess is you'll be oozing spontaneity from your pores by the time your fast is over.
Just a thought: Maybe the transmitter is a-ok. Maybe the receiver needs a little tuning.
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. - Joseph Priestley
I believe that our communication needs to be basic and direct. If worse comes to worse then try talking.
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