Warming up to an easy breezy conversation

Sitting in the college café, I saw a group of students smiling together hardly interacting with one another. Most of them were busy with their smart phones. If not for their ceremonial selfies and parliamentary debate on who pays the bill, I would have believed them to be entities living in a sixth dimension, completely oblivious of their dimensional surroundings. I fail to comprehend how can social media replace the incredible combination of a long walk and calm conversation.

It is easy to dismiss small talk as superficial or trivial but I feel it is a ladder with small talk serving as warming up before the easy breezy conversation begins. Many a man owes his advancement largely to his ability to converse well. The most fruitful and natural exercise for our minds is informal small talk. It is the linchpin of every relationship whether it is personal, professional, social or familial.

My friend was against her son’s relationship with a girl of his choice but a little chat with the girl and the two of them bonded so well that it peacefully led to the wedlock of the youngsters.

There is a need to go beyond emoticons. Though there is no edit button in life yet mistakes will evolve you into a better person. Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.

For me all I can say is, to quote Sylvia Plath, an American poet, “I love people as a stamp collector loves his collection. Every story, every incident, every bit of conversation is a raw material for me.”

Happy conversing!

THERE IS A NEED TO GO BEYOND EMOTICONS. THOUGH THERE IS NO EDIT BUTTON IN LIFE YET MISTAKES WILL EVOLVE YOU INTO A BETTER PERSON. INJECT A FEW RAISINS OF CONVERSATION INTO THE TASTELESS DOUGH OF EXISTENCE