15th June 2010
"Handle them carefully, for words have more power than atom bombs."
-- Pearl Strachan
Spoken words, sped arrow and list time will not come back. We have the liberty to use any words in any way. But we cannot have the power to stop the consequences of our words. Words can make and break relationships. Communication can be a very big tool to leverage our interpersonal rapport.
It is not what we mean, but how we express what we mean is very important. Sometimes we may hurt or harm someone else's feelings knowingly or unknowingly. Like in a glass once there is a crack we cannot past it, so some relationships may be impossible to mend once strained. Years of friendship may be destroyed is a moment of emotional outburst.
We may have any number of reasons to be emotional and impulsive. But the person receiving the same may not and need not appreciate the same. Words are too powerful to be forgotten.
Over this weekend, do an important exercise. List at least three occasions where you got into a relationship problem with an important person. Recall what words you used and how you used the same. Place yourself in that person's position and introspect how he would have taken the same.
May be it will also be a good idea to do a small audit of how you talks with others and check if there is a gap.
N C Sridharan
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