
The subject of communication has been dominating my thoughts this past while. I find it quite interesting that although we've been around interacting for (at very least) over 2000 years, we still have mammoth problems being clear with one another. This isn't a giant inference that I'm incomprehensible these days, but rather a topic I have been exploring with people, conversationally.
It's kinda crazy, don't you think, that something so key to our everyday existence, amazingly constructed as it has been so far, can so easily be shown to be so utterly lacking. So much rides upon communication - our entire relationship with every other person - and yet, without paragraphs and sub-paragraphs of legalese-style clauses, it is almost impossible to know for sure how someone else will take what we say... and not even then!
I have seen over and over lately that how one person views a situation is a far cry from how absolutely anyone else views the same situation. If I wasn't so happy-go-lucky, I think I'd feel horribly alone these days - cut off from everyone else simply by realizing that I can truly share everything with no one.
However, I'm happy enough going along as I always do - sharing what I can with those I love. Heh...
PS- I have an idea relating to communication and blogging. It will take some discussion to see if it can be fleshed out enough to become a solid item, so I'll say no more at the moment.
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sheena at April 5, 2004 07:27 PM
I had a great comment written right here then *p00f* it was gone. You inspired me, and my well thought out, although perhaps questionable in interpretaion, can be found here http://www.cheezy.net/sheena/archive/000167.html