Ever wondered how uneasy most of us are when conversations lulls into silence. How we fidget, hem and haw, often saying whatever comes to mind so long as the silence is kept at bay.
I often wonder why? Is it because we live in constant fear of being judged and we think that if the other person is silent that's because he or she is thinking and thereby forming an opinion about you? Is that why we leap to break the silence so that we can, by our words and thoughts, influence his or her thought process? I think that is what it is.
When we overcome this fear of being judged, we overcome the need to talk. We then are comfortable with silence. Comfortable with not knowing what the other person is thinking about you. Unlike the silence between strangers, which is uncomfortable and begging to be broken, this silence is enduring and likes to go on and on...
Someday you and I will sit all day and not say a thing. Wont that be a day to remember? I bet it will be.
1 comment:
Excuse me for forming an opinion ...you are a romantic!!!!!
I'm glad to have got an ooportunity to get a glimpse of you through your words!
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