Handling Silence
Recently I came across a situation, where I faced the most unbearable sound – Silence. I was expecting a call from a dear friend. I waited and waited and the call never came. I was getting impatient and restless over this. A dear friend suggested me to let go. I would have, have I not known this person very well and more over this person is a dear friend. Sometimes letting go is not simple but simply too hard, maybe even emotionally impossible? I can’t stop thinking about it? Some of my friends who knew me well kept saying “Stop worrying!”, “ Grow up”. None soothed my mind. “Silence, is the worst, most damaging kind of feedback”. Effective feedback is clear and specific, even when it is negative. What if you were in love with someone and you are expecting a call from him / her and you don’t get a call, and when you call, if he/she dodges your call? What does his/her silence mean? You don’t know why he/she is silent and we inevitably go straight to our biggest insecurities, because we k...
