It happens to be that a lot of their time was spent talking about what was wrong, how it was wrong and the bad feeling about the wrong. Such is their expertise in the area that it almost came across as their specialist subject. What was glaring in its omission was a focus on what […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Focus on the TrueThe first group sat down and the conversation began. Self-absorbed conversations revolved around work, children, the new car, finances etc. It was what they were interested in. It was what they were full of. The second group sat down. Each person was made welcome and the conversation was engaging and involved each other. The conversation, […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Full of ItMy brother David and I have been conversing about a wide range of issues for a few decades. He blogs over there and I blog right here. There are things that he blogs about that I find fascinating and I’m aware that he enjoys a few of the blogs that I’ve posted from time to […]
Read More A Dryden Blog Conversation (ADBC): 01 – OpeningThe two of us were reading a part of the Bible. It wasn’t a large part at all. A couple of small paragraphs. It launched a conversation that took well over an hour. Why it took so long was the desire to enjoy the riches in those short paragraphs. T was such a stimulating conversation […]
Read More Journeyman Journal: Good Basis To Move FromWhen I first came to the place it was a dump. Where I lived before was vibrant, dynamic and pulsing with potential tapped into seemingly all the time. Never a dull moment, something going on that would stimulate interest and activity. No room for moping or bitter introspection – just learn from the mistakes and […]
Read More Kingdom Opportunities: Conversations and ActionsThe honesty is refreshing and the depth of despair is something people can relate with. His life was threatened and afterall he had done, he felt it was all for nothing. He felt like he was a failure and that he wasn’t that much better than all those that came before him that likewise had […]
Read More Maybe You Need To Talk Things OverI don’t talk that much, really. Those around me talk often. They talk a lot, actually. It’s only the headphones that gives me a degree of security from the incessant talking. I don’t mind though, because that evidently works for them as it works for me to just have my headphones on and get on […]
Read More Contribution to the ConversationI though the way conversation worked was that you would say somoething and I would listen, then I would say something and you would listen. I also thought that immediacy was crucial. No time for long pauses and messing around – just get on with the talking. So I was grateful to learn from key […]
Read More Dryden Shorts: Enjoy the SilenceYou ever been in a setting where there are the popular types and the really engaging and fascinating types as well as the boring types? Those in the boring types tend to keep themselves to themselves because they have acknowledged their status as boring and having acknowledged it, they dare not aspire to anything beyond […]
Read More Amazing Invitation to ConversationIt’s a skill. It’s a gift. It’s something wonderful to experience. You just have to give some people the slightest opportunity and they will get to chatting for ages. They will talk and talk and talk and talk and it’s a great effort for them to finally reach the end of what they’re saying. Then […]
Read More Sharing: A Conversation Piece
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