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| Huh? What did you say? We need to be better communicators. |
"I said..."
"But I thought you..."
"Then she said..."
"No, I meant..."
"Didn't they know...?"
One of the main reasons for misunderstandings is a lack of communication.
Sometimes I have said too much and sometimes I didn't say enough. Although I'm
better with communication, I still have some work to do. Nobody's perfect. All we can do is continue to try to get our point across and vice versa. Sometimes the problem is that people simply do not open their mouths, because they think it will offend the other person or they say too much and offense is taken.
Yet there is a proper way to get messages across without causing conflict. We all have the ability to communicate effectively and tell the other person what we're feeling. We can do that in a calm and respectful manner. If we can't do it that way then there may be some things we need to get together about ourselves. If we're angry at some things that happened in our lives that is no excuse to treat others the way we feel. That is not anybody else's issue. If we are sad and depressed about anything that happened in our lives, that doesn't give us the right to retreat inside ourselves and keep everybody out. Look, I know how it feels to be a bad communicator, because I used to be one and that didn't help me develop the best relationships with people.
We can always tell how people feel about themselves based on how they treat others, can't we? But, we can all get better with God on our side. It just takes seeking Him and continuously praying to get better.
Yet there is a proper way to get messages across without causing conflict. We all have the ability to communicate effectively and tell the other person what we're feeling. We can do that in a calm and respectful manner. If we can't do it that way then there may be some things we need to get together about ourselves. If we're angry at some things that happened in our lives that is no excuse to treat others the way we feel. That is not anybody else's issue. If we are sad and depressed about anything that happened in our lives, that doesn't give us the right to retreat inside ourselves and keep everybody out. Look, I know how it feels to be a bad communicator, because I used to be one and that didn't help me develop the best relationships with people.
We can always tell how people feel about themselves based on how they treat others, can't we? But, we can all get better with God on our side. It just takes seeking Him and continuously praying to get better.
The bottom line is that if we want to live fuller lives, we have to communicate with each other. And even if we disagree with each other at least we understand each other, and understanding is the beginning to developing great relationships.
"The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit" (Proverbs 18:21).
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