Stream Thinking: Better Communicator

Listen to "Stream Thinking Better Communicator" on Spreaker. January 17, 2022 When words don’t want to fly. That’s what this is about. An exercise. To grow beyond being a bump on a log. We’ve made it too easy for us and those around us to be seen and not heard. It’s ok to be quiet. Yet the storms brewing within our thick skin need to have a voice. How often do you face a need for an answer and all you’re getting are shrugged shoulders. Because we’ve allowed people to be quiet. It gives off the scent of not having to participate with. Why don’t words want to be put on a page or a computer screen? The choice to stay still has to be eliminated. What we aren’t seeing or talking about are the moments of doubt lived out by those who constantly ask themselves, “Why didn’t I participate? I truly had a voice and didn’t use it!” The lesson I took from the Beatles Get Back documentary was how every player involved including Billy Preston kept their voices heard. Even while writing iconic music Lennon and McCartney would mumble until the melody had been perfected. Then they went back to craft the lyrics. What if they had stayed silent? Being quiet isn’t laziness. It’s a willingness. A choice that so often invites several moments of what if I had. You’ll never know unless you try.