A problem that you allow to invade and overtake your life will enter into every conversation you have.
Not long ago, I heard about a woman whose husband had divorced her. She was reeling in pain, bitterness, and anger. She blamed him for everything bad that was happening to her. And then I discovered that her “husband” that she considered to be at the core of all her life’s problems had divorced her twenty-eight years ago! She had been married two times since then. Everybody this woman met, from clerks in department stores to people she sat next to on airplanes, heard about her tragic tale.
If you don’t progress beyond the problem, you’ll find that you will never really have friends with whom you can have mutually meaningful conversations.
Some questions to think about … What do you Communicate about? How often do you rehearse your problems? Why do you feel compelled to have everyone know your problem?
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