Part 2

In the communication process there are senders and receivers and they both bear the burden of creating a respectful environment for each other. Speakers love their freedom of speech and like to be able to say what they want. At the same time listeners feel entitled and expect to never be offended. Of course, these contradictory perspectives are bound to cause conflict.

Proverbs 18 points out that the speaker and the listener can both be thought of as fools when neither decides to take the time to understand the other.

What if we took on the role of partners in communication instead of competitors and decided to help each other out in order to create a manageable, healthy, and respectful environment?