The Art of talking and listening

Talking – why do we talk? When we want to say or express something through words or  gestures.

Listening –  A generic term, we listen to a lot of sounds, expression, language, noise etc.

Combination of both talking and listening is called communication. It can be both verbal and  non-verbal. People who cannot talk since birth are able to communicate, people who cannot hear since birth are able to communicate and people who cannot see also communicate, communication is a way to express how one feels, to the world. Every individual in the world communicates with the outside world on a daily basis.

Communication forms the base of any interaction between two individuals. Since our childhood, we start communicating, even when we don’t know any language. Communication forms enriching relations between individuals be it any kind, personal, professional etc.

When a baby is born, the family makes sure that they understand or try to understand whether the baby needs anything or is comfortable or not, of course without any language just  by the feel or emotion.  As the baby grows up, he/she starts talking and listening too. Actually, kids are the purest form of human life, they are still not too conditioned so they try and listen and talk unlike adults

There is non-verbal communication between adults, but that only happens in very strong friendships or relationships and family members. If adults are interacting non-verbally, then they have to be very strongly connected with each  other, but that happens rarely. If it happens, do not let that connection go away, no matter what!

Communicating effectively is an art, and not many people know it. Be it any phase of life, efficiently talking and listening will always help understand the other person involved. Anywhere, schools, colleges, offices, public places etc., we are communicating continuously.

If one knows how to interact with ease and confidence, their life will be very smooth. Interacting efficiently  with the world ensures there is ample scope of exploring human beings across the globe throughout your life. Communication is the basis of any connection/interaction in this world.

In a family, everybody should be communicating with ease and understanding, so as to avoid any unnecessary differences between family members. Be it an elder or a younger, everybody should be given an equal opportunity to talk and use their wisdom to listen when others are talking. A family needs to be together all the time, if one feels they are right all the time and do not feel the need to listen to others, be it elders or youngsters, then people like these do not grow or evolve much in life, they always live in a cocoon that they have made up around them surrounded by a few YES men. They can’t be judged either as there may be a reason they are like this but again it creates a ripple effect in others life who look up to people like these.

There was a couple I have seen who had such excellent interaction and connection that they didn’t even need to tell the other person about how they are feeling or what they want and the partner understood. That’s a rare relation/connection and an excellent example of effective communication between two partners. On the other hand if two partners are unable talk and listen, to understand each other in a relationship, unfortunately it will never be a fulfilling partnership for both partners, even though it will still exists without the feeling of completeness.

Listening and talking both should co-exist within a person or else, if either of this is missing, they cannot gel up properly with the world to evolve and experience life.

KEEP LISTENING – TALKING – EVOLVING!

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