Posted by giveawayboy on October 13, 2001 at 15:07:19:
In Reply to: Re: Durability, healing, value posted by john on October 12, 2001 at 23:01:01:
Wow, not talking. Now that is a foreign concept to me. I guess maybe not...I don't really talk much in a situation where I am uncomfortable. But usually I have no shortage of opinions or comments on anything. I wonder what it must be like to spend a good period of time without talking. Especially if you were interacting with others in a situation where they didn't require you to speak. I wonder how much communication would develop without words... and how much we would realize what we say often doesn't need to be said. Maybe your homeless man knows this. It seems to me only one step removed from realizing that what we do often isn't as important as we view it as well.
...It's a humbling way of thinking, especially for someone like me who has an answer for everything.
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