I love that you have observed that this is an ongoing conversation as it is in conversation with each other that we can open our minds to questions and open our heart to possibilitites.
Love Wilma

That is the true power of listening and questions coming from listening.
It will allow us to see beyond and as Robin Easton said in her reply, get to the (Divine) essence of people.

And as long as we are competing, as long as we are lacking, as long as we are creating a world of lack, we will lack real connection.
Oh Blair, it will be turned around, we will eventually see where the true gold lies, in us and we will finally start to dig for gold there.

Until then, I love your methaphor, we are all on our own stage performing but devoid of a loving audience to pull out the star in us. What is the fun in that? Not much as we notice!

After all this, it is Friday and lets have a cracker of a weekend connecting as much as we can.
Love to you, Wilma

Now, back to your post. Because I tend to be shy, I have always struggled with asking questions about people. Yet, I agree with the value of asking questions and letting people tell you about themselves. I just didn’t know how to effectively do this for a long time.

I agree with others about the value of open-ended questions. I learned about them in my life coaching studies and it was a great gift. So, instead of asking the stranger next to me at a party, “Do you work?” I now ask, “What kind of work do you do?” If I’m daring enough, I’ll also ask “What do you like about your work?” Learning to use open-ended questions has made it so much easier for me to get to know people.

Once again, Wilma, you chosen an excellent topic for people to explore. Thanks:~)
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I love what Kaushik said about when we are open and communicative it is rare that the other person does not respond in kind. Having that courage there to ask questions we usually find that even with the hardest of people you will see a glimmer of something in the way they open up. Its a beautiful tool that can be used to learn about others. I have to do it in my job because I am told to and paid to BUT it works in sales all the time. I know I could do it more in my personal life.

Everyones favourite subject is themselves but the true power is in the hands of those who allow others to show that. Everybody is always shouting “look at me, look at me.” Then there are those who say “wow, look at you”. People turn around and are more than happy to give you a ticket to their show if you tell them you want to watch. The trouble is we are all too concerned competing for a better show than the person next to us. We hope that if we find tune our performance then everyone will marvel at us more and life will be made. Just pop along to someone else’s “life theatre production” and watch and listen from the seats. You will become the most popular person in town!

I hope the questions about your hip will be answered soon so you can find solutions and can tramp again in our lovely mountains.

Love Wilma