Lesson 9

Hello friends! Once again I am very sorry for not posting for this last couple of weeks, my life has been very interesting towards the end of this semester, but to those of you that have read every single one of my posts I thank you because I do put a lot of effort into them.

Well let's dive in! Today we are going to talk about communication! How does communication affect us? What are the most effective types of communication. Well we all know various forms of communication such as verbal, physical and non-verbal. Now many would think that the most important of these three would be the verbal communication seeing as that is the way that we express what we want. Before I reveal the most important of these three I am going to ask a question. How many of you have said that you were fine with doing something when you actually had your heart set on doing something else. Could be a Friday night activity or a board game, but surely we have all done it! Well this is one of the reasons why verbal communication is not as important as other forms of communication. The most effective type of communication is actually the non-verbal communication. Some ways to communicate non-verbally are face expressions, sighs, rolling eyes, stance, these are very important to the communication between us and other people.

I remember as a 12 year old I was not pleasant to be around for some people, my sister can testify of that. I knew when I was getting on her nerves because she would roll her eyes at me and try to ignore me. Whenever this happened I knew I was close to getting her to crack. Thankfully things have gotten better since, but without telling me verbally I knew what she was feeling.

In these exact ways we can discern what our family members need without them saying. This could save us from countless arguments and lead to thousands of smiles and good times. It is very important that we use this skill to read body language and facial expressions to interpret how best to deal with a situation. This is one of the many ways that we can defend our beloved families and take care of the ones that are close to us. Just as God watches over us and knows what we need and delivers we can emulate him and help others and be what they need.