The Manifesto

Sometimes, I’m convinced that all of my conversations are recycled. Far too often, I’ll fall back on a pattern of response that does naught to further the conversation. It’s not so much that I should speak less (although, there is argument for that) but that, in the opportunities I have to speak, I should use them as well as possible. I do not believe that all conversations need to be serious or life-altering; but conversations should add to peoples’ days, enrich them, give them something to ponder or, in a small way, life their spirits. Sometimes, it’s the short, badminton-style conversations that make all the difference in a person’s day.