What are we talking about anyway?

What are we talking about anyway?

Sometimes we don’t know.

I’ve come to delight in that moment where I realize what seemed like disagreement was actually misunderstanding...
Because we weren’t even talking about the same thing.

Apples. Oranges. And sometimes broccoli.

(This is not about geeking out with a grammar structure that we learned in 5th grade.)

Productive conversations continuously need to remind on what the current topic is. Of any sentence. Of any question.

Are we talking about the past or the future or both?
Are we talking about you, me, them or us?
Are we talking about “feelings” or emotions?
Are we talking about ideas and suggestions?

What are we talking about really? Just right now. Just at this moment.