One of my friends from work is very good with words - he is able to articulate what he wants to say succinctly with the right amount of words (and it took me 5 minutes to write the first line.) Today, during a conversation with him, I asked him if he writes. He asks me, "what do you mean?" I said, "Nothing. Just that you speak well, so I assumed that you would be good at writing." He said, "No, I am not that good at putting pen on paper. It is to do with my thoughts. I can't do the same with my writing as my speech."
I did not go into a frenzy like a madman then, because I knew what he meant. Even if your mind did run like a hamster on a wheel, it does not mean that the mouth would say it or hand would write it the same way. We all have some qualities that we have polished over time - either we write well, speak well or think well (you could even be good at two or three of them.)
But I am not sure if I am good at either of these. I do stutter from time to time, I can't write on demand and my thoughts are always all over the place. And the weird thing is, I used to be better than what I am now. In hindsight, I feel that we all need to keep our skills polished and not take them for granted. During my work sabbatical, I realized that my social interactions were reduced to ones with my close friends, where you don't need any communication skills anyways. I think it is important to indulge in all forms of conversation so that you don't have to feel like a newborn any time.
So I plan to keep writing, keep talking and keep collecting my thoughts.
What's up with you?
I did not go into a frenzy like a madman then, because I knew what he meant. Even if your mind did run like a hamster on a wheel, it does not mean that the mouth would say it or hand would write it the same way. We all have some qualities that we have polished over time - either we write well, speak well or think well (you could even be good at two or three of them.)
But I am not sure if I am good at either of these. I do stutter from time to time, I can't write on demand and my thoughts are always all over the place. And the weird thing is, I used to be better than what I am now. In hindsight, I feel that we all need to keep our skills polished and not take them for granted. During my work sabbatical, I realized that my social interactions were reduced to ones with my close friends, where you don't need any communication skills anyways. I think it is important to indulge in all forms of conversation so that you don't have to feel like a newborn any time.
So I plan to keep writing, keep talking and keep collecting my thoughts.
What's up with you?
