sometime it drives me crazy, talking just to fill the dead air. Or even worse when someone seems to talk just because they like to hear their own voice…
On the other hand, when I actually get into a conversation, I’ve realized that I tend to ask a lot of questions about the other person, but usually don’t answer questions too well. Answering in short burst, answering the quqestion, but not really developping anything. I think this may come off as my be uninterested in the person, when in fact I just don’t like to talk too much about myself.
I remember one year before Christmas in my third year of university, one of our profs gave out a page with the following quote (which I’ve since learnt when looking for the quote, isn’t actually from Nelson Mandela, like I thought):
“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Something to remember…
alex_sand cheered this 6 years ago
