Sunday, February 4, 2007

Blog 5= Power of Silence

Why is it that people constantly question other people? Why is it that those same people feel they have the power to retrieve an answer? My answer to any question from someone who thinks they have power over me and doesn’t is plainly silence. Silence to me is the only treatment one can give someone to avoid confrontation. Although, no words are being spoken silence is still a form of communication.

When someone is being rude to me or trying to be nosey about my business, I generally respond with no response. I feel that if one just ignores someone and walks away it says a lot more than arguing and yelling about something that shows no meaning. In being silent, the person looking for the argument realizes this person isn’t going to give me attention and just become annoyed. For they annoy me when they question me, I return the favor by walking away.

People that do not deserve an answer due to their way of going about a situation will not receive an argument for me. For I think answering to them is just stepping down to their level. They know where they stand with me when I am silent to them. I know it kills them inside. It kills them just as bad as it kills me that they are asking me of my every move. Before when I used to just come up with comebacks and ways to fire back with an argument I was always miserable and stressed out. I hated yelling. It made me look like the bad guy.

People are always trying to get into my business. I used to be very bothered by this. I would always try to come up with different ways I could make them mad; however, these were usually acts of immaturity. In finding a means of communication that is stress free I found being silent as the only answer. I feel like I have succeeded when I just walk away from a situation without a word spoken.

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