Communication is a bitch. I have no other way of saying it. Communication is the one thing that seems to both create and solve all of the worlds problems. Two governments say the wrongs things to each other and a war begins. Feelings of compassion are shared and a new love is born. Babies can't talk so they cry to get their requests across. Birds sing, but really they are just spreading the morning news to each other. Even worse then verbal communication seems to be physical. A hug can solve all of the problems in the world it seems, but being unable to express one's anger verbally can end up resulting with someone in the hospital.
I sometimes wonder what would happen if there were never misunderstandings. If when we sat down to talk people could understand each others points, and took the time to see their side of the world. Would we all get along better? Or would we end up all sitting on couches trying to get out point across and dieing of starvation?
I often wish that my dog could talk so that i could understand him when he is not feeling well. Does he understand what i am saying? Or is he just tilting his head cause he knows it looks cute?
I ended up in a fit of worries one evening during the last days with my horse cause i forgot to tell her what was happening. I didn't want her all of a sudden gong to her old home and not knowing why. I didn't want her to think I had abandoned her. The next day when i went out i explained it all to her, but did she really understand? Or was it all just to make me feel better?
Hearing a simple "Hi, how are you today?" can sometimes make your day, and other times you know it's just a robotic question and it actually makes you feel worse because you know that person doesn't really give a shit.
I often find going on a ranting babble can make the world of difference in how i feel, the person on the other end does not even have to understand what i'm saying. Does this count as communication? or is it merly a release? I think this also has something to do with hearing what you want to hear. I once heard that girls talk to other girls cause they know they will get the response they are looking for, and girls talk to guys cause they know the guys will answer the truth. it disturbs me sometimes how not getting the response i am looking for can completely ruin a mood or situation. It's like you have the situation in your head of how you wan something to happen(or not) and the person has a different opinion, and then i end up trying to explain it a million different ways cause i think they don't understand what i said, when really they just have a different opinion, or don't react the same ways you wanted them to. Is that a communication mess up? could it be solved by talking more? or is it just a reflection of people being different?
Communications sucks, but at the same time, we can't get by without it.
As I think about what i have just typed here, I wonder if I have comunicated what i was meaning to in this post. Sigh.