The Miracle of Dialogue
Blogging is great... we can partake in someone's interests, points of view, political slants and even get some discernment into their particular brand of humor.... but reading someone's blog and a brief profile doesn't hold a candle to dialoging in person. Our blogs I think, have a tendency to place people in boxes -
I was honored to meet up with some real-in-life bloggers over coffee at Starbucks Thursday night - Katherine and Tim Coble from Another Pretty Farce, Lynn and John Hutcheson from SalemsLots and Sharon Cobb. The conversation was superb, we all shared mutual friends and I wouldn't hesitate to meet up again with this group and other Nashville bloggers on a monthly basis. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay but an hour, but the time spent together was rich!
Reuel L. Howe on The Miracle of Dialogue:
"Every man is a potential adversary, even those whom we love. Only through dialogue are we saved from this enmity toward one another. Dialogue is to love what blood is to the body. When the flow of blood stops, the body dies. When dialogue stops, love dies and resentment is born. But dialogue can restore a
dead relationship. Indeed this is the miracle of dialogue - it can bring a relationship into being, and it can restore again a relationship that has died. There is only one qualification to these claims for dialogue. It must be mutual and perceived from both sides, and the parties must pursue it relentlessly."
More from John, Sharon and Katherine
1 comment:
What a wonderful quote! I think I'm gonna steal it and put it a few places. Mostly, I am going to read it a few times until it sinks in!
We were so sorry you had to leave early. I was getting up to get a snack, and John mentioned he and Lynn were going for Sushi and invited the rest of us. You would have really enjoyed dinner. The delicious food was a distant second to the first class company and conversation.
Next month plan on staying longer, and of course feel free to invite Becky.
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