❤️ Heart to Heart ❤️

Rain, wind, high tides, flooding are the order of the day as the Nor'easter continues to pound the Atlantic. We have battened down the hatches and are attempting to keep warm and dry but the rain has been nonstop almost 3 days and I come in wet after stepping out onto the porch to feed the fish who love this weather!    I come back inside after just seconds on the porch shivering and wet.

The words 'heart to heart' remind me of one of my mother's favorite TV programs Hart to Hart. '

Let's do Tuesday 4

Time once again for Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4...

Heart to heart conversations can be painful or fun and I suppose a bit of both.  Let's discuss it okay?

1. Has a conversation ever made you change the way you see yourself?

Yes.  Sometimes I see things I need to change .

2. What makes  a conversation truly meaningful  for you?

 Conversation is defined as: 'a talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged."

The idea here is not seeking just to be heard and validated but to give and take ideas.  When the goal is just to be heard you are really seeking a bit of  pschological help and not conversation. which also has it's place.  Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on every now and then.

Disclaimer:  I am simply defining what I think conversation is according to it's definition.

(Isn't it sad that we live in a time when every word must be explained away in order not to  cause offense among a people who find offense in everything?  And the why of the easily offended is a whole lecture on  being out of step with God.  .  "Great peace have they who love your law and nothing will offend them"  which is a lesson for those who are bent out of shape , irritated and unhappy people.)  And here, in this,I will take a lesson for my self!

3.  How should a person handle a conversation that grows awkward... press on through or find a way to end it? What would you do?

 What I do depends who I am talking to.  You can decide to push on or change the subject depending on the personality and strength of the other peson.   Some people need velvet gloves whilst others can take it straight to the chin.   It's very easy to get this wrong though so it's best,I think, to err on the side of caution.

4. What's one conversation from your life that changed your perspective on something important, and why?

Long ago a man educated me on the fact that God is not a Democrat, a Republican, a monarchist , communist, socialist ,or any of the isms and denominations and politics and ideas of this world.   

See I Samuel 8  as part of the argument.

He further taught me that accepting the lesser of two evils is itself evil.