[Harvestry in a conversation]

'In young you vie for curiosity, in old you seek depth' [1]. When you sit down with anyone you always expect something to get out of their conversation with you else it'll be for nothing. Talking to someone you're either getting your time's worth or you're giving off their time's worth, in other words meaning you learn or teach.

How many times have you sat with someone and felt you're wiser than you were before the talk? My guess is, many times. Same goes for having had sat and but be left feeling you've wasted your time. But then, what if you're the one who's wasting other people's time? My guess again is, you may not be noticing it, but if you're observant and analytical enough you'll know for signs are always there to pick up.

The conversation flow with a young person won't be similar in form compared to the one with an older person. The content may be same but the context be too far apart, hence you find at times there being a conteck ex nihilo. In some cases be that it stems from misquoting or levels of content understanding. In other cases a pure misjudgment of people's levels. But what matters is that each must come out with something taken from whatever that got discussed.

In conclusion: everyday you live to make a contribution, negative or positive, but it remains a dent in another's life however you look at it. Again, it doesn't say every single sentence you utter should be meaningful, just that most of the time it should be. Truth is, you should allow for yourself to be a fool, be naive or carefree at times in order for you to learn or impart wit, and that's being abase. There's a lot you can learn by just being unassuming.

Above all, the greatest takeaway from this is to learn or teach, but mostly learn from anyone you meet, greet, talk to or hear from, as growth comes from such humbling encounters sometimes. By merely tapping into their mental zone you mined an oracy heap to sort out later. Learn to engage in conversations with people who sound knowledgeable or inquisitive in order to get the point of it all, your harvestry in that conversation...dp

[1] by Kgele Leso