We Have To Talk

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I wish the experts would come out of their bunkers and remind people that spouting and shouting, sharing and caring, writing and scribbling on Facebook and Instagram are not a conversation. Sure its communication but its not always healthy for relations. It's lopsided. One point of view or direction. I'll be the first to admit I've dumped very good friends and family for not seeing my side of the story. Only to feel extremely guilty about it in the days and weeks ahead. On this podcast episode we jump into a little bit of why we should talk. The uneven grounds we're all walking on only feel like a sure step. Our self confidence drives the ship. I said it therefore it must be true. I'm good with that way of thinking for about twelve hours then I rip down the post. I start thinking about who I affected and did it really prove anything. Social media is a venting machine. Not a vending machine but a place to pour it all out and go get more. I do worry about the status of the thirty plus million unemployed people that eventually have to make their way back into a position of distribution. Another words go back to work. I stood motionless yesterday when I read the stock market had tumbled eighteen hundred points and the ultimate decision maker wasn't bothered. They chose instead to use future speak by way of assuring those who might be in fear that pretty much the greater days are coming. I love optimism! But I'm also a pessimist. Salt and pepper in the same shaker and someone is asking for spicy hot. We have to talk. We've spent the past three years running away from verbal confrontation. Families have been reshaped. I've been Ghosted by too many to count. I thought it was odd as a child when my huge family would gather in the living room and nobody would say a word. Today we're saying everything without anyone buying into any concept or ambition. We take everybody's word as their point of view. We love you. We accept you as you. Now move on. Going back to work! Millions have developed new compounds of direction compressed into enormous amounts of built up expression. We have to talk. I'm looked upon as being a freak when I make it a point to sit down with my wife or take long walks to do nothing but talk. Not just once a day but we're up to five meetings a day. Washing dishes by hand has become a conversation place. It keeps the heart and ambition locked in on communication. Zoom and Google Meet are cool but lets be honest what are you really doing on your side of the screen? We have to talk. Not plaster thoughts onto social media. Talk. Verbally. Grunts and moans are included. If we don't get back to having real conversations I'm horrified that tomorrows employees will show up like zombies. We have to talk.