Getting up close and personal? Why not!

So, when was the last time you had a really good conversation? You know, the kind that stays with you and you can replay moments from for days and weeks and years to come. What ever happened to the ever fleeting art of conversation. Maybe it could be because it's becoming far too easy to keep a distance between our inner selves and the outside world! What? Keeping in touch with people is a whole lot easier nowadays? Well, yeah: but that's not what I am talking about at all! I am talking about talking for the sake of listening and sharing.

There's that moment, a pause or shifting of the eyes, that punctuates the flow of words and feelings and ideas. It's what happens when you're not quite sure where the conversation is going but you are definitely enjoying the ride. Now, contrast that with those hasty, pesky phone calls you get with your ex or some other particular person who shall remain nameless. You know the type: they sit on the other end of the line in silence most of the time and you feel like you have to poke and prod them to get anything more than a one word answer out of them. My particular favorite happens to be when they ask you "How is everything?" repeatedly by adding the requisite "else" at the end of that clause.

Why does it seem so hard for people to relate to eachother? Seems like there is a generic awkwardness ascribed to any attempt at conversation when you really, truly have nothing more to say to eachother. Moving on to some other topic doesn't always do the trick either.

*** Mastering the art of being superly human while saving the world in the process. MDB