The Value of Communication

Communication: or the act of communicating, being communicated, (ha funny) interchange of ideas or thoughts.

I would just like to add my own definition of the word "communication."

To successfully share an understanding with another person or thing in such a way that expands their view of that understanding, and creates a oneness in your view of a specific idea, thought, or knowing.
-Brittney Stirling

(you may quote me if you ever feel so inclined) (also this particular definition is most definitely subject to change) ;)

I just spoke to a very dear friend about a situation she just experienced in her life. The great importance of communication was once again reiterated in my mind. It is critical to seek for an understanding of the way the other person views or understands a situation.

So often we come up with our own preconceived notions about why someone is the way they are, or why something happened the way it did. We decide in our minds what someone "must" have been thinking, or that what they said "meant this to me."

What would happen if we stopped for just a moment and thought about what it was that person was trying to communicate?

What are they currently experiencing in their life, and what are they feeling on the inside?

Now think for a moment what would happen if we actually talked to that person about the situation? Not only talked, but sought to understand where they are coming from. What if we listened, and heard? Not just what we wanted to hear, or what we were expecting to hear, but what if....

...we listened, and heard what it was they really were saying?

There is truth and there is untruth.

What we are able to see is largely because of where we are currently standing.

I live at the base of several big beautiful mountains. One of the mountains stands directly in front of another. The mountain in the back is very much taller than the mountain in the front. However,  because I am at the base of the mountain in the front all I can see is the enormous mountain in the front with just a small part of the very top of the mountain in the back.

We seek truth. We seek light, We seek to see.

In order to truly see, we must first step back and find a place to stand that will allow us to see the whole picture.

Communicate