What I'm trying to say...

According to my mom, I started speaking at nine months... nonsensically of course. But in full sentences that made complete sense to me: "Bird apple bye-bye go to park".

So, I kind of popped out of the womb speaking full sentences, and I guess I haven't really stopped talking since.

I don't know, I don't consider myself an anomaly in that respect... rather I find the concept of a quiet person quite curious. How can you have so many thoughts in your head and just lock them all in there? My little thoughts are little animals that need to be let out of their cages so as not to upset animal rights activists like last night's episode of numb3rs.

[I'm not entirely sure that that metaphor works, but you get what I mean, eh?]

I like to think that I don't speak of pointless things. There are people who really do speak endlessly about things that truly don't matter at all. & while it is my hope that I am not one of them, I do find myself always needing to talk, listen and just generally converse. How can you get to know someone, really know someone without listening to them speak?

& while speaking is rather important, it is essential to be heard. I think this is the hard part.

Stay with me here..

Okay so, even the most loquacious people may have a hard time saying what they mean, expressing themselves in a way that someone else can HEAR.

So how do we solve this problem?

We sing. We paint. We dance. We tattoo. We cry. We color. We scream. We shop.

Human beings express themselves in thousands of ways. If you want to get to know someone, discover their method of self expression.

And, for you quiet people out there, give us talkers a chance and please be patient. The fight is just as frustrating as hell, but what you get in the end is entirely worth it:

a connection.