The knack for communication. A gift bestowed on us by our Creator to distinguish us from the rest of His creations. You may say that all creations have this knack. Man is no different. Just look at the world of animals, insects and even plants and you will see various forms of communication in action. Yet along with this knack, man was given a brain and an intelligence to channel this blessing in more ways than one; to reach out to each other for a reason.
We speak to each other using words that make up different languages, accents and dialects. We sign to each other and gesture, reflecting what we mean through the science of semiotics. We reach out to each other sending messages full of meaning through the arts and movement. It is not even just a matter of using our tongues, hands or bodies to communicate, we have even managed to resort to tools to aid us in this venture. The pen, paper, books, ink, electronic signals, colours, machines and the list goes on. Our lives revolve around this knack; this means of expression. Everything around us and within us was bestowed to us, given to us, so plainly and simply by our Creator to channel this knack.
Have we ever stopped to wonder whether we are actually using this blessing in a good way? Have we ever even wondered whether the way we communicate with each other does justice to the magnitude of this blessing? Do we say words we should not? Do we speak ill of people? Do we mimic, hurt or belittle?
In the midst of our proverbial glory and might, and as we carry on our lives with an endless array of blessings, time only truly stops for us at one true moment. In the face of a disaster, in the face of sudden death, unexpected calamity or a war, a raw shift in the nature of communication within us comes to the fore. This communicative knack transforms itself and a new sort emerges, directed to The Only One. Our Lord. Through body and soul and with desperate hearts filled to the brim, it is only then that we realise the one and only true meaning of communication. Do we need a moment of truth?
It does not have to take a moment of truth to point to our humbleness. The greatest justice we could ever do to ourselves is through our daily communication with our Lord. The Ever-Bestower of His endless blessings. How do we communicate with Him? Do we need tools? Do we even need words at all?
It is only when we know how to reach out and duly channel this communicative knack back towards our Lord will we find that communicating with each other to be filled with grace, dignity, decency and true modest humbleness.
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