Listen to the music
That’s right, today’s post on Wise and Witty in Relationships is based on the wisdom from none other than the Doobie Brothers. If you’ve met my dad, it all adds up. Before you dismiss this post as something for stoners and hippies, hear me out for first.
How do you enjoy music? You listen to it. You say back what it says to you. You feel it in your body; you feel it in your soul. You can’t help but be moved to literally move! What if I told you music was just conversation with background noise? Stay with me here. Instead of listening to the music, I’m offering you an invitation to, Whoaaaaa ‘listen to the conversation.’
How do you enjoy conversation? You listen to it. You connect with it. You feel it in your being—You dance together. Dancing requires eye contact, physical touch (optional in the age of Corona), and movement. You feel it. You take turns letting it lead you, and you taking over and leading it.
Humans are designed to dance together in conversation. Some humans are happy, and some are sad, oh, but we got to let that conversation play. As the Doobie Brothers said, “Find a way to make them smile” in your own witty way. Oh, and humble yourself and invite someone to meet you for a wise conversation where you are just happy and present in the moment.
Sit back and dance in this conversation below. Tap your feet and sing along to the Doobie Brothers. Think about people as you get ready for your conversation: where they are at, what they need, what they know better than you, where you can meet them, how you will see them, how good you will feel to them, how good they will feel to you as together you dance in conversation.
Don't you feel it growing, day by day. People get ready for the news. Some are happy, and some are sad, Oh! We got to let that conversation play.
What the people need, is a way to make them smile. Ain't so hard to do if you know how. Gotta get a message. Get it on through...goin' to after a while.
Well I know, you know better everything I say. Meet me in the country for a day. We'll be happy and we'll dance. We're gonna dance our blues away.
If I'm feelin' good to you, and you're feelin' good to me, there ain't nothing we can't do or say... Feelin' good, feelin' fine, Oh baby, let the conversation play.
