I can read your mind. I can. I am that good. I can tell you exactly what you are thinking. But first? I need a hint. Scratch that, I need a lot of hints. Hmmm. Scratch that too. Just tell me what you're thinking, because I lied, I don't know. I could guess? OOOO! I know. Let's play a game. Guess what I'm thinking? Oh, right, I was going to guess what you're thinking. .....Or we could just talk about it...
Ah. "Guess what I'm thinking?" It's a game; a game I used to play on road trips with my family when I was a kid. We would be driving down the road, bored as bored can be, and randomly one of us (usually my older brother) would suddenly shout, "Guess what I'm thinking?" We rarely guessed it without multiple clues, and hints to the very specific thing he happened to be thinking about. I find that game to be all too exemplary of real life. A life spent in talking, and listening, but more so in not talking, and guessing. In giving physical cues to intrinsic wants. In hoping someone notices your emotions, then guesses correctly the reasons for their origin.
We all like it when people listen, but sometimes, we find it hard to talk. It would be nice if everyone were impeccable mind readers, and they just knew what was in our mind. Instead? We are silent, and not always because our thoughts are blank. We fear judgement. We fear retribution. We turn our thoughts over and over hoping the problems and questions will both fix and answer themselves. We seek advice; sometimes we ache for it. We know there are times where our experiences, or knowledge, don't answer the questions in our heads. Why can't the right person just read our minds? Well, it's simple. The X-Men are fictional, psychic's are usually just excellent observationalists, not supreme mind readers, and life is meant to be full of lessons.
So if your mind is full of things, things you wish other people would just know; try telling them. Talk. If you find it hard to express yourself in spoken word, try writing. The bottom line? Express yourself. Face it, not everyone is really good at observing everything you do. And it's true, not everyone is really good at listening. But everyone longs to be heard, or noticed. We are a world of horrible communication. We assume, and as my high school track coach says "To assume just makes an ass out of you and me." Talk. Share. Listen. Be talked to. Be listened to.
Stop expecting your mind to be read, and read it aloud instead.
