Not So Deep Thoughts (Brought To You By Lithium)
Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 11:46 am
- Nobody will ever fully and completely understand you. Nobody wants to. Not family, not friends, not spouses, not significant others, not children, and not even the family pet.
- People only feign understanding each other when they agree on the conclusion, and sometimes not even then. People never agree on the path taken to reach the conclusion. People only agree in principle. People often agree on the answer by skipping the debate on how the agreed upon answer was illogically obtained.
- Being listened to is trifling and insignificant in comparison with being heard, and being heard is trifling and insignificant in comparison with being understood.
- There will always be a major distortion gap between what you know or accept as fact, what you will be able to communicate effectively to other people, and how those people will comprehend your communications. The message you are sending is never the message being received.
- No two people truly speak the same language, although many people verbalize the same language.
- Perspectives are ephemeral and temporary. You are looking down upon, looking up to, and seeing eye-to-eye with everyone, all at the same time.
- Your thought processes will always be irrational to other people. What makes perfect sense to you makes no sense to someone else. Your logic is exclusive to your mind.
- Emotions will always interfere with a sense of justice. You will never be beyond reproach. You will always have prejudices and biases. Most, if not all of those have nothing to do with race, color or creed.
- All actions are based upon incomplete knowledge. All knowledge is based upon incomplete research. There will always be information beyond your reach, grasp and awareness.
- You will never have total control over any situation. You won't be able to win every argument. Someone will always hate you for no legitimate reason.
- People only feign understanding each other when they agree on the conclusion, and sometimes not even then. People never agree on the path taken to reach the conclusion. People only agree in principle. People often agree on the answer by skipping the debate on how the agreed upon answer was illogically obtained.
- Being listened to is trifling and insignificant in comparison with being heard, and being heard is trifling and insignificant in comparison with being understood.
- There will always be a major distortion gap between what you know or accept as fact, what you will be able to communicate effectively to other people, and how those people will comprehend your communications. The message you are sending is never the message being received.
- No two people truly speak the same language, although many people verbalize the same language.
- Perspectives are ephemeral and temporary. You are looking down upon, looking up to, and seeing eye-to-eye with everyone, all at the same time.
- Your thought processes will always be irrational to other people. What makes perfect sense to you makes no sense to someone else. Your logic is exclusive to your mind.
- Emotions will always interfere with a sense of justice. You will never be beyond reproach. You will always have prejudices and biases. Most, if not all of those have nothing to do with race, color or creed.
- All actions are based upon incomplete knowledge. All knowledge is based upon incomplete research. There will always be information beyond your reach, grasp and awareness.
- You will never have total control over any situation. You won't be able to win every argument. Someone will always hate you for no legitimate reason.