Our communication currency

Written February 5, 2015. I just found this in my diary :)

It's been a while since I wrote.

When I browse through my diaries, I remember this trend I have to give a wrap up synopsis of the missing time I haven't written about. It is always quite funny...at least to me, to see the jump from having 4 diary pages focused on one idea or happening to see one page summarize a year of life!!!

So, onto my year life summary for 2014.....

In 2014 I decided that I could write a book on my experiences and thoughts in the last 5 years, so I've got that book idea tucked away until the time is right.

I'll say that one key song of 2014 was that communication is the currency of relationships.

Alright duh... this may be obvious for some people but it was something that I needed to remind myself of constantly in 2014. It was (and still is) a way for me to realize that everybody is not working with the same currency.

Individually, each of our relationships functions on the exchange of thoughts, words and actions which reflect where we are currently - which is our currency.

Collectively, just like how the the value or strength of our $$BDS dollars is based on our collective economic history, experiences and decisions, we have a currency of communication based on our collective histories, herstories and experiences.

These experiences influence how we appropriate value to everything which does not have an immediate or clearly defined dollar value.

For example, how we value our time is a key testing ground for figuring out the communication currency effficiency in our relationships.

Now, our currency could be based on our past, present, future or a combination of all three.

The key question is - how valuable is our currency to our own growth and the growth of other people?

Actually, let me acknowledge this, by asking that question this means that I have two assumptions (based on my own currency) that either: -

(a) You have the priviledge of having a vision for your future and you see the need to continuously grow and evolve.

(b) You have not reached a point in your life where "growing" makes little sense based on your beliefs and resonings.

I really think that the majority of our communciation challenges in our society and in our relationships are based on our thoughts that we don't DESERVE to have vision or grow.

Also some of our challenges are based on corrupted ideas of ~

Selfishness

I will return to develop this idea of currency as it relates to selfishness, based on what I have been experiencing and feeling.

I know "full-well" that I'm not the first to talk about this communication as currency of relationships. However if other people are talking about it, and I am still observing related issues such as how we form and identify as communities which co-operate efficiently (by the way this is how economy is defined), then we still have some changes to make. Rather than talking about it too much I do want to do something about making ourselves more aware of our communication currency. Enter Ayaamina Solutions.

On the corruption of ideas of selfishness, I have some examples of just how short-sighted we can be but this post is already quite long in terms of blogs so until next time.....