Silence Is Golden

Bob has a language all of his own – a highly effective system for communicating precisely what he wants to say. I find it fascinating to behold. It has taught me a lot of useful things about the art of communication.

There are days, for example, when Bob will sit alongside me barely making a sound from dawn ’til dusk. I never worry about it. It must mean that he is content. If he wasn’t, he would let me know soon enough.

I often nod and smile wistfully at him. If only that were true in the human world, I think to myself. So many people speak when they have nothing to say. When they would also be better off appreciating that sometimes silence really is golden.

That the quieter you become, the more you can hear.