It's Time for Some Good Old Fashioned Conversation

The problem with the world today is with all our communication technology we’ve forgotten how important it is to have face to face conversations. We’ve forgotten (or never learned) how to communicate with each other effectively. Instead many walk around looking for offenses and finding them everywhere. Most of the stories we invent in our minds about other people’s motivations, actions, beliefs or intentions are so incredibly wrong.

I believe most people are doing the best they can. They’re trying to do the right thing. They aren’t going around intentionally trying to screw up your life.

Yet many of us assume they are and then spout off to others, portraying our perceptions as truth when we haven’t taken the time to ask questions, wait for answers and seek understanding. As one of my university professors used to say, “When you assume, you make an ass out of you and me.”

So the next time someone does something that offends you or makes you angry, stop to ask for clarification … not via text or messenger… Pick up the phone and have a conversation, or better yet sit down face to face. People wouldn’t say half the rude crap in person that they’ll say hiding being a device. Maybe if we had more real conversations, our society wouldn’t be in the mess it is.

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