In hindsight it does not seem so unimaginable that a lonely young man in a jail cell could pen one of the most oft quoted phrases in modern history. But that was no ordinary man, and that was no ordinary time. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” Martin Luther King Jr. The phrase
Year: 2018
Listening to Reply Syndrome
Most people talk but only a few listen. Communication is one of the most sensitive interactions, and has great power to make or break any relationship. It can result in chaos and even affect world peace at large. Interestingly, almost everybody wants to be heard, but nobody wants to listen, and even when they listen,
Listening and hearing
“Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” Those were some very strong words, spoken by Stephen R. Covey, that represents our daily basic life. Whenever a person is speaking, the person whom is spoken to would constantly try to interrupt them. Of course that’s due to
Is justice a fallacy?
Psychologists’ belief that our perception of reality is subjective, due to the manner individuals select, organize and interpret stimuli in the environment. The same can be said about our opinion of right and wrong; this is as a result of bias, prejudice and cultural views among others, which individuals have been condition into. What is
He Who Opens a School Door, Closes a Prison
As civilization grew along the line of history, it became necessary to pass formal instruction to human beings so that they could develop behaviours that would fit into civilized and normal societies. Then it was conjectured that starting from childhood was the best option so that young children who are taught would grow into educated
Immigration: Searching for Relief
You live in America. You were born here. You’ve never experienced war, famine, persecution, abject poverty, or genocide. You have not feared for your life or the lives of your loved ones: family, friends and children. You believe that illegal immigration is a problem. You say, “build the wall.” You want illegal immigrants to be
Listen, Understand, Reply
Notice how when a group of people are in a conversation, sometimes their voices overlap? Or how sometimes while you’re still talking, maybe in a conversation with your two closest friends, one person does not finish talking before the other starts? Well, that’s probably because they were already thinking of a similar situation they had
Is Education a Right or a Privilege?
Education is everything needed to succeed. In consonance with article 26 from The Declaration of Human Rights “everyone has the right to education”. However, not everyone has the money to fund an education and this is the main reason why education must be a right and easily accessible for those who might not be able to afford it.
Path of Success
The uneducated person better knows the worth of education. Can you live a happy and successful life without education? Can you live in the 21st century without technology? The answer to both questions is ‘no’. In this century a lot of new inventions and innovations have taken place, from the latest smart phones to a wide
Justice; universally or never
As we are very much dependent up on each other in this modern world, justice can be achieved only on a universal level. It can be maintained in all nations of the world or in no one. Injustice always causes its object to be, in one or another way, unjustifiably disadvantaged by an act of
The Ego Talks
Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply. Myself, well I hardly listen at all. Why should I? You walked in here 10 minutes ago with mud up the back of your raincoat and bought yourself a drink without checking the tide-line inside my glass. And now
Listen to connect
Listening is an important ingredient of oral interpersonal communication. It is the stage where we receive vocal signals from a speaker and process it inside our heads to give a proper feedback. The feedback then transforms the listener into the speaker, thus continuing the process. Throughout the world, this communication model, together with others ,
How Are You Listening?
Most mornings, as soon as I wake up to the unrelenting but cheery sun lifting the darkness (it is Florida, after all), I go out for a walk. I put on a pair of those ubiquitous, stretchy, cropped pants, a T-shirt, good running sneakers (although I don’t run, just walk as if someone were chasing
You’re Never The Dumbest Person In The Room
“I’m applying a therapeutic ultrasound system, one that creates cavitation bubbles in the body that breaks down tumors, towards breaking open timber & other tough tissue to release DNA and enable endangered species screening tests. “ As this sentence rolled off my dear friends’ tongue, I stood there, drink in hand and mind in a
Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere
Going down memory lane, I am forced to ponder on the famous words of the great human right activist, Martin Luther King Jr.; the need to throw more light on this saying has made it binding on me to elucidate explicitly the true intentions and sincere motives of the late icon when he said; “Injustice
You have to understand
The young princess cried out in delight: “What a beautiful boy!” Her morning walk to the Nile River, where she takes her daily bathe, has turned into enchantment and she knew that life as she knows it, will by no means be the same again. Never in her life had her eyes seen such a
Making a Conversation Meaningless
“Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” – Stephen R. Covey People ‘listen’ with the aim of replying instead of understanding. Sometimes they may want to cut the conversation short, so they make it look like they understand so they can move on; they say ‘no, yeah, I totally get it.’ Bullshit. Firstly, it’s not
Dispelling the Self-absorption Myth: Purpose in Listening
“Most people don’t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” A few days ago, my colleague and I were discussing “dead” languages. I was nodding along, almost furiously, excited to broach the sort of topic that comes up maybe once a decade. He was obviously well-read and quick to
Would you listen?
If there is one skill that is seen as an essential regardless of time and trend, many would have proposed the art of speaking. It is true in the sense that your daily life starts with a “Good morning” and ends with a “Goodnight”. The ability to initiate, express, and maintain your conversation in a
“Home is where the heart is” : The Worst of Heartbreaks
“you have to understand, that no one puts their children in a boat unless the water is safer than the land” Poetry: a multifaceted feat used to give human thought a body. With this vessel, it can transcend geographical borders and travel the world. Words have the power to be uniquely interpreted based on personal