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Reader, One of the things I like about the website for our You Were Made for This podcast is the ability people have to comment on a particular episode. For example, three days ago, a listener shared his views about episode 063, Six Reasons Why We’re Not More Curious About People. Here’s what he wrote: I think you left out one reason why people aren’t more curious about other people’s lives: because they genuinely don’t care.
This is the position in which I find myself. I try to care. I fake it. I listen and try to ask relevant questions. But it is all just a little social song and dance that I do because I have to, not because I want to.
I’m usually not interested in what makes people tick. I definitely subscribe to the notion that if someone wants you to know something they will tell you. And small talk is THE WORST.
As Jean-Paul Sartre said, “Hell is other people.”
What’s your reaction to this listener’s comment? I’d love to hear from you. You can reply to this email, or enter your thoughts in the “Leave a comment” box at the bottom of the episode show notes. Click here if you’d like to listen to the episode that prompted the comments above. The main point of Six Reasons Why We’re Not More Curious About People is that when we’re curious enough to ask questions of others, it opens up the potential for deeper relationships with people that go beyond news and the shallow things of life. Until next time, I wish you all the joy that you can wish.* John Certalic You Were Made for This is the podcast sponsored by Caring for Others, a missionary care ministry. * The Merchant of Venice, Act III, scene 2 |
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