Worth our sweat and fears?
Conversation is a process of the whole person, so you are a fool if you try to learn it step-wise. You must throw in your whole self—naked. So must one other. Because of this, it is doomed from the start. Very few meaningful conversations happen in our times. Did they ever? Perhaps when we sat around campfires at night telling our fears and in the morning telling our dreams. We seldom do that now, even on vacations. So is it merely luck when it happens? Probably that is how it happens when it happens these days. The question is, can we improve our odds? For instance by getting “naked,” revealing our real selves? Searching for our real selves, in front of, with, another? Guessing at our Thou’s real self, or more likely, selves? Is this question worth our sweat and fears?
:- Doug.
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