I’ve written before about the importance of non-literal language and self-awareness. For those that haven’t read my previous posts on the subject, I’m going to give you a quick overview. I believe that a lot of people are not aware of the power of non-literal language in our lives. Our thoughts and beliefs are based on facts, and the world around us doesn’t always agree with them.
I find that people are often very resistant to change. They have an ingrained belief system that their whole lives are based on, yet they are very resistant to any change. They feel safe in their beliefs and therefore don’t want to change. They feel as though if something were to break, they’d be the only person saying sorry in the world. But in reality, there are always people saying sorry, and no one likes having to listen to them.
On the flip side, there are people who are very upset about a change that might upset their beliefs, so they are quite upset by it as well.
People that use the literal meaning of “believe” are very easy to read, because they tend to be very opinionated and very protective of their ideas, rather than being open to change. But non literal people are less easy to read. They tend to be people who are open to change, but don’t want to risk losing their position. So they don’t accept change, but feel they have to stick with their beliefs no matter what, so they go along with the status quo.
The word non-literal is the perfect example of this. We have an author that has written an entire book on the topic of non literal language and I have to say he is so full of it, it’s hard to read. Here are the very words that he uses in the book: “I’m going to tell you what I believe, and you’re going to keep it to yourself.
The non-literal language idea goes back to the early 1900s when people were not allowed to write non-literal language. This was a form of censorship. You could not refer to things in non-literal language unless you were going to speak it. That was a huge problem because if you did this, people would not be able to read your writing.
The problem with non-literal language is that it obscures the meaning of what you write. If you make a statement in a non-literal way, you are only stating your opinion. This is why we don’t like to say “I did this” or “I said that” because then we’re not really taking the time to speak to the issue and understand it. You have to take the time to figure out that you’re saying something.
The problem I and most people have with non-literal language is that we have no idea exactly what we are saying. We have to get our brains around this and then be able to follow what we are saying. If we don’t know exactly what we are saying, we can’t be sure what we are getting ourselves into.
With so much communication taking place online, there’s no excuse for people to not be able to follow exactly what they are saying. Theyre not just going to be saying “I did X and Y,” theyre going to be saying “I did X and Y and I did X and Y and then I did X and Y and then I took off Y.” I think that’s a problem.
A lot of people get caught up in their own thoughts and then forget about what they are actually saying. As a result, they get so caught up in their own thoughts that they forget what they are actually saying. They get a lot of information but they dont really pay attention to it because they are so caught up in their own thoughts.