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Wednesday Oct 31 2007 How often have you caught yourself ‘tuning out’ when listening to a friend, family member or acquaintance? Or had someone point out that you aren’t really listening to them? We have all, at one time or another, done so—whether consciously or not.[Read More]
Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action Tagged with: boredom listening loneliness love relationship
Friday Oct 06 2006 By Shae Hadden On Conversation Street, there are no age limits, and traffic can flow in both directions simultaneously. Musing on intergenerational conversations today. I’ve always been drawn to talk with people older than myself. Perhaps this is because I’ve never felt comfortable with my peers. I could blame it on the educational system (I was thrust ahead of my age group in school to keep me interested in learning and never really got to socialize with my kids my own age)…or on my own shortcomings (I just didn’t know what to share with them in a social setting). My peers all seemed so much more self-assured than I, so confident about their way of seeing things. And I was just full of unanswerable questions and endless insecurities. I found it easier to chat with my next door neighbor’s grandfather instead of playing in the sandbox… [Read More]
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