Memories return of a storyteller with vulgar attributes who complimented me for ‘being present’.
He wouldn’t discuss the matter in more detail, so I chose to regard his comment as though he was damning me with faint praise. Was I right to do so?
Presence of mind tends to minimise the likelihood of communication getting ‘lost in translation’.
Speaking the same language has little to do with nuance and meaning, moving from region to region, or continent to continent.
Hearing and listening are sometimes conflated to mean the same thing.
