Communicable Disorder

In this day and age, it seems as though we could all understand that communication is the key to all things in life. With cell phones, e-mail, text messaging and skywriting all within our grasp, we should be able to make the commitment to always stay in touch. Sometimes we find it is best to stow away our thoughts and to shut the people around us out. Trust me, I’ve been found guilty of reclusive actions once or twice, but there are times when we need to buck up and talk.

My dealings with lack of communication have never ended well. When we stop verbalizing our thoughts with each other, we tend to stray from the path we were on into a gray area of confusion and sometimes lack of trust. And when we lose trust, we lose everything. I graduated with a degree in Communication and the one lesson I took to heart was that lack of communication is the most overlooked form of communication. When we openly chose to stop disclosing ourselves to people, we are making the conscious decision to push them away.

For example: I’m riding on the BART on my way to San Francisco from Concord. When we stop at 12th Street in Oakland a man with a putrid odor sits down next to me. At the next stop I get up and move to the other side of the train. Even if I don’t say something to the stinky guy on the subway, my act of getting up and moving away from him is plainly stating that I no longer wish to be around him.

Sounds simple enough. But so many people act as though their lack of communication has no impact on those around them because they don’t understand that some of us are really listening. The old adage our parents’ pounded into our heads in our youth may not be 100% true, but actions do speak, even if they aren’t louder than words.

And now, the photos I promised in my last blog. Notice that the only communication issues we have is by communicating too much! Ha! Enjoy.

The Crew


Miss T. and I at Ocean Deck


Britty and I at Ocean Deck