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This kind of takes a different turn and is actually why I even started thinking about this in the first place.
Should people in general, let the people they care about settle for less then they’re capable of? That just leads to the question of, who are those people to say what’s best for someone else. Sure we can go that route, parents go through that everyday with their teens. Life is filled with all sorts of choices and paths you can take, sometimes you need a bit of guidance and other times you want to learn on your own. I’m not even trying to deal with that.
What I need an answer to and haven’t been able to come up with an answer on my own for the last 7 or more months, is why is it so hard to speak up in a rash manner when you feel someone is making a mistake. It always seems as if what you’re trying to say comes out totally different in someone else’s ear. This is where the trouble starts and disagreements rear their ugly heads. Why is it so unfathomable to express your thoughts to someone without them taking it in a way you never intended?
You can sit down and think out what you’re going to say over and over, but for some reason it tends to end up with a difference of opinion. What the hell for? It’s not like anyone who’s ever been in the situation to try and express a feeling or view to someone, without the other person taking it as a personal attack. Is really necessary to be a damn psycologist to get people to sit and listen to what you have to say, and not already form an opinion before you finish the first sentence? I sure hope not because life is filled with these moments, and it’s already hard enough to pick when and when not to speak up (and sometimes it’s just already too late).
I don’t want to be that guy who sits and watches someone choose a path that is just a lame cop out. Personally I don’t think it would be fair to the other person, and it usually just ends up festering until you just explode and it’s really taken the wrong way.
So the question of the hour is: Can you express a feeling or thought to someone without them getting the totally opposite vibe you tried to put forth?