The way of life

Its simple. Communication is human. We're human and whatever is carried out by our body, the actions it acts out, is simply what we call a process. Thus, does this indicate that our actions are merely actions or are they triggered by a certain symbolic representation? This is where, communication is introduced.

Communication is the process of humans responding towards symbolic behavior. Theoretically speaking, communication is continuous, ongoing, transactional and it involves personal history contributing to your interpretation. However, if we were to view this from a different aspect, reality that is, not everything is as happyly percieved as it should be. We have this enormous tendency to land ourselves in misunderstandings and arguements as there always seems to be a miscommunication at one point.

With this, this questions why communication is not always a good thing and how is it that communication does not require complete understanding? For example, in relationships, bantering amongst each other is perhaps the norm and how do we conquer the situation? Well, there is always the classic one line, " honey, we need to talk,". Now, everyone knows, this usually leads to cringing arguments but it also happens to be a miracle worker. Communicating with one another encourages compromising and this will only lead to further understanding of both parties and strengthens the bond forged. Nonetheless, it can also be a disaster in disguise. Too much communication between one another will sometimes bring out the worst in them. Therefore, for those who clearly knows they do not know how to handle such situations, can try to express themselves by using body language. See, this is the beauty of communication. Sometimes just saying nothing at all and yet at the same time show true affection and expressions through actions might just be the thing to break the ice.

Overall, our background, social circle is what keeps us sane. Talking to yourself is perhaps the most important factor as to why we can live a civilized life. Self-reflecting and exchange of ideas and feelings is what makes us human. We should be grateful for sign-language, body language and the many types of communication as how do live without it? Even the mute, depend on communication to live, whereas the blind, the depend on body language as part of living. The way we touch them shows, ensures them trust. Moreover, no matter how we tackle the significance of communication in our lives, we definitely cannot deny how it satisfy our needs which completes the physical health needs, identity needs, social needs and practical needs.

Nor Fatin Suraiya