Connected

I am fascinated with this intrument we have been given, the mouth. Not just the sounds that emanate forth, but the thought (or lack of thought) that precedes. An artist spends hours, days, years, contemplating the right relationship between the notes, the melody, not just the technical aspects of the music and song, but ultimately how it may be received by the listener's ear. People very dear to me have asked, "can you teach me how to say things correctly?" It is true, I have spent a considerable amount of time studying communication, but the crux of the entire matter regarding effective communication lies in the heart. Until one accepts that it is a matter of the heart, all of the rest is just rhetoric.