Saturday, October 13, 2012

A Talkative Man?


I think in most cases it is easier to talk than to do something about things. But does it mean we should not talk about those? 

I think if we could do something then either situation will become better or worse. Most of the time situation can go only worse because if we could solve it, someone else would have already solved it by then, and we would only disturb the equilibrium by trying to solve it now. If we can't do something about it and don't even talk, then we can experience the closed-box syndrome and would express displeasure at unrelated things in unexpected ways. But if we talk about it, merely sharing something can result in either we realizing that the problem was not really so grave or we feeling more relieved because the mental burden is less now. Humans like to talk and talk all types of stuff, be it gossip, whisper, quarrel, shout, and what not. But the way our education conditions us, we are not encouraged to talk much. 

Our conventional wisdom would make us remember all the time that gentlemen and well groomed ladies should be calm and composed; no wrinkles on clothes and no emotions on face. Communities which love talking are tagged with being loud-cultured and even idlers. Somehow it is believed that those who talk, don't do enough work, as if talking and doing are mutually exclusive activities. I think such notions are taking a phrase to the extremes. 

It is correct that we should do things rather than talk about them. Or better, rather than "only talk" about them. But there are many things about which we can't really do something, and for those things, it is not wrong to talk about. Therefore, I think we should not take the saying "it is easier to talk than do" as a "show stopper" :) Keep talking...

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