And if no one reaches back?
What if we reach out and no one reaches back?
Keep Reaching.
I pay a compliment with a silent expectation that it will return. I give a gift in the same way. When the word or gift does not return I am hurt, though I try to talk myself out of that response. After all, the gift is for the recipient, not the giver.
Why am I hurt? Maybe my intention was wrong. Maybe I was fishing for a compliment rather than simply wanting to give. Maybe I envisioned a more generous version of me, a me who gave without expecting something in return. But the reality was a more a needy version of me—someone eager for kudos.
Social media shares similarities with gift economies: both are about presenting a bit of work to someone else. We present something we value to others as a gift. Maybe the gift comes back, maybe it doesn’t. In our more generous moments…
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conversation is an engine 
I always read your writings and then wonder how you arrive at such sensible conclusions…..and I am always.pleased with your articles. Mom
On Feb 5, 2018 10:03 AM, “conversation is an engine” wrote:
kirkistan posted: “What if we reach out and no one reaches back?”
Phyllis Livingston
February 5, 2018 at 4:34 pm