Wednesday, May 26, 2010

1 AM conversations

Every so often, you feel compelled to go somewhere.

You go there.

You meet somebody, that somebody, they really listen. They don't just wait for you to finish so they can retort. You look them directly in the eyes while you speak, and you know; you know that they are really listening. They are really hearing what you are saying.

They are really, truly, and completely hearing what you are saying. Not just absorbing the sounds coming from your vocal chords, and the ambiguous emotions you are describing, but really, truly comprehending what you are trying to say. The confusion that you are trying to convey.

Not the physical sounds, but the actual emotions that you are trying to describe.

The fact that somebody really knows, and truly understands, what you are trying to say really puts things into perspective. It is incredibly easier to comprehend what you are thinking when somebody else can simply absorb what you are saying. How can you understand what you mean when you cannot verbalize it to someone else? Being able to do so is so satisfying.

Somebody, for once (it seems), really, truly understands what you are trying to say, and it is a beautiful thing. Thank them.

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