Opus 2024-265: Ear or Mouth?

It’s interesting that interacting with some people tends to stimulate your mind, wake you up, and make your productive.  Other people act like a fog of torpor which does nothing but deaden your senses.

How much of the reaction is the listener’s problem and how much should you lay on the speaker.

I know some people who will take an hour to answer a simple 30 second question and often still miss the point.  Often I can take one of those monologues and, if I wanted to take the time, compare it with what I have already heard several times.  If you had it typed out and could delete the duplications you might end up with a couple of incomplete sentences.  If you don’t know what I am talking about either you are one of those people, you never listen or you are incredibly blessed.

I also know that sometimes my mind wanders.  I go into the conversation with certain expectations and make sure that they are fulfilled.  

And it is possible that there are some people that you have a built-in antipathy towards.  It may be based on past experiences that need to be overcome.  It may be on a deeper level that defies understanding.  

Seek out people that challenge you.  Seek to be a person who challenges.  I find that with my questionable memory it helps to only talk about things that have happened since I last saw the other person.  That keeps me from being the one who is a walking looped recording.

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