It is a point in life to seek to understand where the other person is coming from. That doesn’t take just sitting and listening to what is being said. That take active engagement in the conversation to further draw out the content and underlying concepts at place in what’s being delivered. There was an occasion […]
Read More Are We Talking About The Same Thing?It began with a chat. It developed with conversation. It blossomed because ongoing communication was the order of their relationship. Jon was on the coach, but looked to see if he could find a seat on his own, because he didn’t know anyone else going on the trip. He thought he had found one finally […]
Read More A Simple Conversation: 2 – The Build-UpIt did not have to be blown out of all proportion. People did not need to get hurt. All it needed was … It was not the phone call or a text message. That would allow distance, that would keep them at arm’s length and further. Words would be exchanged, but they would not have […]
Read More A Simple Conversation: 1 – The BreakdownThey were married for 27 years. He thought he knew her very well. They had two children together. The youngest son was leaving home to go on his first tour with a band after the success of their latest hit. For the first time in virtually all their marriage they would have the home to […]
Read More Even After So Long … There Is More To It Than ThatThere were these people that had made such a massive impact on my life sat around the room. Engaging in conversation with each other, some looking at each other. Animated faces contorted or relaxed, some earnest in conversation, others attentive in listening, some raucously laughing at a quip. It was a beautiful thing to behold. […]
Read More Enjoying the ViewSpeculation. Gossip. Rumour. He said he would do this. She said he would do that. He said that he heard that she would be doing this. She said that she saw them going to get this. He got a tip from his friend that they were seen doing that. She got a text from her […]
Read More The Vapour of Pointless SpeechAs you might be able to guess this is part of something about guests for dinner. (Might be something in the title that gives it away.) To find out more about the brief series, check this introduction post and then find out who turned up first for dinner. As I mentioned, the order of the […]
Read More Who’s Coming 4 Dinner? The Second GuestAhhhhh the challenge of who to invite for dinner. Not long ago I set myself the task of choosing four guests that I would invite for dinner. You might be familiar with the notion. Whether you are or not, here’s my approach to the scenario. So I can choose any four people whether they are […]
Read More Who’s Coming 4 Dinner? The First GuestThere’s a work colleague that I get on with. I’ll just wait for you to let that sink it. True story, though. I get on with this colleague at work, we have a good rapport. One of the reasons for that is because he is very good at his job and I acknowledge that. Another […]
Read More Who’s Coming For Dinner? IntroCan you be critical of something and be a big supporter of it? Sometimes I get the impression that to support something is to only allow at most some mild criticism, but anything more than that and it is seen as no longer being a supporter of something. If there is a tendency to be […]
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