Words are Fillers....

Was having a tremendously interesting conversation today with a person who would qualify by the same adjective...and at the end of the day we concluded words are ONLY fillers.  Words are useful only in a third person perspective....like when you are narrating your life to the world - there words are everything. The beauty of emotion can be captured only in words and we are NOT talking about that. 

But when there are two people really close to each other - be it parents, spouses, friends, kids, siblings - whoever - If there is a real connect, words are pointless. A meaningful look, a soothing touch, a warm hug, a comforting hand on the shoulder, an encouraging pat on the back, an affectionate kiss on the forehead, a mild rustling of hair, a reassuring holding of hands, a drop of tear...and other lil gestures - that speak a million words in the few microseconds that they last....are all the communication that is needed. Similarly when in distress, a change in voice, smile, mannerism, the tear streaked eye, the stress behind the laughter can be picked up by people you connect to -no words there either. So whether you are at the giving end or recieving end - words are only the last resort to explaining your mind. More importantly, if you do connect with a person, words are only redundant fillers. In fact, the utility of words is inversely proportional to the intensity of emotion...and at the highest intensity of emotion, only - ONLY a gesture will do.

I know! Nothing earth shattering about this finding - but somethings are so implicit in our minds, that when you give form and structure to the obvious it seems like a whole new concept - much like an MBA!!! And in case, you dont have person whom you connect to without words - please open up your mind, your heart or soul and CONNECT - its a beautiful feeling....

PS: Thanks to the most useless person I have to work with whose rediscovery of my blog, is making me write once again...You were finally useful for something :P