Conversations are part of us. I believe they make us human. To me, they are a necessary aspect of our existence and lived experiences. People converse through spoken and written words. The offering of greetings between children and their parents is, in my view, a conversation. The sharp yet light haggling over the price of a commodity between a buyer and a seller is a conversation. A boring and interminable lecture within the four walls of a classroom is also a conversation. Football banter is a conversation. Saying a word of prayer is a conversation, albeit between a man and his God. Like breath and breathing, I believe humans cannot live without conversing daily. To me, it plays an indispensable role in living.
Yet, it seems that we are not as concerned with how conversations should be made as we are with conversing itself. This is only my observation; I do not claim it as a universal truth.
When a child is born, I understand that it is naturally expected for him or her to grow. And with that growth comes the requirement of speech. From what I have seen, what worries parents most during infancy is the speech of their children, which serves as an indicator of growth itself. Then, the concern evolves into how well words are pronounced. After that stage is passed, and speaking becomes the norm, just as walking is, there is an assumption that knowing how to construct words suffices for life. But in the grand scheme of things, I believe conversations go beyond that. At least, good conversations do.
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