Once I saw a program on the tele. Two comedians were showing a conversation between two deaf people:
Man 1: Hi! Are you going for a movie?
Man 2: No! I am going for a movie!
Now some of you might find this funny and others might call it poor humor (Like I did). But then I started giving the whole thing a bit of thought. And I found out that its perfectly true! No, I don't mean that this is the only thing that deaf people talk about or all the conversations that deaf people have end up the same way! What I mean is none of us know how listen to other people.
We all know that communication is very important but then we forget that communication has a give and take principle. We're all ready to express our views but are we willing to hear other people out? Aren't we so obsessed about telling our stories but are we interested in hearing what other people have to say? Or do we even listen to others at all?
I doubt it.
Listening is equally important as speaking. We have to keep our minds open and listen to other peoples' views otherwise we aren't going to get too far on the "World Peace" front! Ok, forget the global implications! What about your personal life? I read a research that said the number of Divorce cases in India is at an all-time high and 50% of the cases were due to lack of proper communication (read Listening)!!!
How many of you have friends who stick with you through thick and thin? How many stand by you in times of need? Only a few I guess! We live in a time when people are forever selfish and you cant blame anybody for it! We brought it on ourselves - all this competition, never ending greed, global warming and what not! If you ask me, I'd tell you that the human race is on a never - ending quest towards total annihilation! And No, I am not a pessimist! I just try reading between the lines!
I am not a dreamer either but I am sure of one thing, if we all just LISTEN to each other wholeheartedly, we can learn to love one another and accept one another for what he/she is! And once we achieve that, we can bring an end to all these aimless Wars (both Religious & Political) and with that we can banish hatred as such!
And trust me, if you just keep your ears open, you might just find the best advice of your life and that too from the most unexpected of sources!
We all live for such a short amount of time and would it harm us in anyway to make this wonderful world we live in a better place?
One World, One Religion, One People!
Now for those of you who disagree with whatever I said, I shall leave you with a line from one of John Lennon's most famous rock ballads:
You may say I am a dreamer; But I am not the only one!
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Well said !!
and the ending was just classic.
At the risk of sounding vain (due to the preceding two sentences) I'd like to say that i felt like I'd written it ;)
At least it sounds like something I would have written a while back. Now though my experiences mingled with those of others, i have become a little hard of 'hearing', a little impatient. The idealism is gradually being sucked outta me. But there is still hope for mankind. And by that hope we must swear. But i feel that listening is just the first step after that must come understanding. And a lot more.
But Listening is important. And necessary. And i do hope that one day it'll come to pass... What you and I and John Lennon imagine...
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