Conscious (Mindful) Communication Day - Essay Example

Conscious (Mindful) communication During my college holiday, I participated in a community service in one of the main children homes within the state. After the occasion, I went back home and what I received from my dad was nothing but a common statement, “I love you.” My reply was an unusual but meaningfully common one “likewise.” This was different from the ritualistic phrase “I love you too.” It was a surprise to him as it was observably detectable he never expected such a simple answer.

It also caught his attention with an unusual expression in his face (Shafir, 2003). Responding in a simple manner felt satisfactory on my side. At times when I hang out with my friends, we find ourselves talking politics in our country. Definitely not all of my friends hold similar political ideologies as mine. So, we tend to differ in most cases and end up in unending argument, sometimes resulting even to insults. This happened one day when we were walking to the movie show. It later came to my conscience that I was doing the wrong thing; I changed the topic and ensured that I and my friends maintained the friendship.

It felt good achieving my goal of maintaining unity though my friends never realized the reason behind the topic change. Some situations seem challenging and tricky to face especially when truth is unveiled. During my last holiday, I attended a wedding ceremony in which my uncle was the bridegroom. I had been advised by mom never to leave my younger sister Laura alone as mom too had to attend the occasion (Shafir, 2003). I became disobedient and left the 2 year old kid in our house. On coming back, I found almost all valuables were missing including mom’s laptop, television set and other households.

I knew I would face the worst moment in my life. I had an idea to lie about gunpoint robbery of the house but conscience kept refraining me from telling lies. I told my mom what actually happened. Laura was well, she warned me never to disobey her to that extent. She felt disappointed, and praised my innocence in telling the truth. Another aspect of mindful communication derived from this context is never to speak with an aim of pleasing other people but say what you feel is truth and just, what you feel you can say freely.

ReferenceShafir, R. (2003). The Zen of Listening: Mindful Communication in the Age of Distraction. NewYork, NY: SAGE Publishers.