Communication is Hard Work

This post was written awhile back. I still think it is important and would love feedback and the need for clear and kind communication!! Please let me know what you think!! Let's keep this going.

I happened to be discussing my blog's content last night with my son.
His attitude or thinking about my writing style is this: I don't understand what you are saying and no matter how many times I read it, I don't get it, so how then, can I comment? Well, well. Let's look at it this way.

I think that communication is hard work. Whether it is oral or written, making oneself understood to the reader or the listener is indeed a lot of work. This blog is concerned with things that many people do not think about in the average day. Why is that? Well, it is probably because I was born thinking about these things and all people are born differently. Some folks think about what the weather will be, or what the next door neighbor is doing in the yard, or what they will have for their next meal. I, on the other hand, have spent my thinking life, thinking about subjects that others tend NOT to think about. (We will not comment on my weirdness now, will we, RHI? So...to return to communication being hard work after a slight right turn, the answer is this. I am repeating myself. Communication is hard work. It takes energy on the part of the communicator and energy on the part of listener, to make it understood. That means, questions need to be asked if something is unclear.

As the writer of the this blog, I wish to be real clear. However, if I am not, how about writing a question back using a full sentence with a subject, etc. and let's take it from there. What do you think?

The Social Life of an "Older" Woman

I have found it interesting to be an "older" woman, (meaning I have passed the age of 60) to be both curious, sometimes confusing, satisfying, extremely curious (again) and a real case of dealing with the unknown. Therefore, I will call it challenging.

I have found that there are so many different men out "there" who would like to meet Ms Right, so to speak, however, it makes me curious that some would expect "Ms Potential Right" to suddenly be available as if she just dropped out of the sky and doesn't have an existing active life.

So, my men and lady friends, how does one, very active, over 60 woman go about making this work? Don't we all realize that new friendships need to grow and to grow takes time. It's not a lot different than growing a plant in one's garden. We plant it, water it, feed it and watch it grow. I think then, that all new friendships with intentions of future closeness, need the same type of nurturing.

I wonder what others think and welcome all comments!!