I love my mobile phone! From the brand, to the model, to the floral cover, to the fact that it automatically changes the theme depending on what season it is, the fact that I didn't have to pay so much for it- just everything about my phone is wonderful to me! But for some reason, and despite all the wonderful things I love about my phone, I still can't seem to work out half the messages and telephone calls I get on it...
We live in a world where its so much easier to communicate due to the numerous modes of communication. And yet, we find that sometimes its difficult to communicate with one another. This could be down to a lot of things, including how we communicate with each other, and how we expect people to communicate with us. It may also be down to the fact that there are different ways of communicating depending on the message which we are trying to send out.
The latter seems to me to be the most frustrating thing about communication - that is, the fact that a message will not always be received by someone in the way which you would like it to. And instead of realising that sometimes we just need to sit down with someone and have a good old natter, we find more means of communication to hide behind. We txt to say so little when our hearts have so much to say; we go on social networking sites to declare and share so much of our lives, while the real parts of our lives go untouched; we Skype, but we'd really just love to be right next to the people we're talking to.
The one thing I've learned recently about communication is that leaving things unsaid for too long means that we lose the sentiment and the urgency behind what we should have said and when we should have said it. Whatever reasons and excuses we have, we can't take away the fact that time hasn't stopped and therefore our message becomes dry, dull, inappropriate, late, sad, boring, hypocritical, misunderstood. Sometimes, we say what we need to but without giving much thought to who we're saying it to. And trust me people, being raw is not cool.
I guess communication takes a lifetime to perfect. Not because it cannot be perfected; but because we as people change, move and grow. And with that, we have to learn new ways to communicate with the people in our lives depending on the ever-changing circumstances that we find ourselves in. If we refuse to do so then we shortchange ourselves out of what we could learn and be. If we cannot do so, then maybe whatever we're striving for is not meant to be.
As for my phone, I love it. I still do. But this week I learned to do more than love its features;, to properly understand what comes through it, and appropriate what leaves it.
We live in a world where its so much easier to communicate due to the numerous modes of communication. And yet, we find that sometimes its difficult to communicate with one another. This could be down to a lot of things, including how we communicate with each other, and how we expect people to communicate with us. It may also be down to the fact that there are different ways of communicating depending on the message which we are trying to send out.
The latter seems to me to be the most frustrating thing about communication - that is, the fact that a message will not always be received by someone in the way which you would like it to. And instead of realising that sometimes we just need to sit down with someone and have a good old natter, we find more means of communication to hide behind. We txt to say so little when our hearts have so much to say; we go on social networking sites to declare and share so much of our lives, while the real parts of our lives go untouched; we Skype, but we'd really just love to be right next to the people we're talking to.
The one thing I've learned recently about communication is that leaving things unsaid for too long means that we lose the sentiment and the urgency behind what we should have said and when we should have said it. Whatever reasons and excuses we have, we can't take away the fact that time hasn't stopped and therefore our message becomes dry, dull, inappropriate, late, sad, boring, hypocritical, misunderstood. Sometimes, we say what we need to but without giving much thought to who we're saying it to. And trust me people, being raw is not cool.
I guess communication takes a lifetime to perfect. Not because it cannot be perfected; but because we as people change, move and grow. And with that, we have to learn new ways to communicate with the people in our lives depending on the ever-changing circumstances that we find ourselves in. If we refuse to do so then we shortchange ourselves out of what we could learn and be. If we cannot do so, then maybe whatever we're striving for is not meant to be.
As for my phone, I love it. I still do. But this week I learned to do more than love its features;, to properly understand what comes through it, and appropriate what leaves it.
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