Being Understood

2011-01-03

When I was a kid I had a terrible temper. As I matured, I learn to not get angry and ways to deal with conflicts. Looking back, the anger came from getting frustrated when I felt not understood, or worse, misunderstood. I don't have a natural talent for communication, so this can still be an issue for me. Thinking more broadly, it seems like a lot of conflicts in the world arises as a failure of explaining oneself and/or the failure to listen to the other person.