My father was a writer. He wrote all of his life, inflicting upon many of us his novels, plays, articles, essays, and self-help books. Some were marvelous; some merely well-intentioned. But of all the things he wrote, his journal is his legacy: by turns wise and bewildering, it neared 1,100 type-written pages when he died in 2010. Although perused many times, this is the first time it will be read - cover to cover, page after page.
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Talkers vs. Thinkers
The talkers felt compelled to talk, which left no time for thinking. The thinkers had no inclination to talk, being content within themselves despite what they said. They were, unfortunately, sharing the same space and so neither could be entirely satisfied. The talkers required listeners. The thinkers called for silence. Left long enough, each could feel offended, taking as personal affronts the presence of one another.
Labels:
conversation,
differences,
listening,
small talk,
thinking
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